Mosquito Control category 7F Michigan
Chapter 5 terms UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Entomologist - CORRECT ANSWER - Person educated in the study of insects.
Water management - CORRECT ANSWER - management of water levels in manmade
reservoirs
Bacillus thuringiensis variety israelensis (Bti) - CORRECT ANSWER - Biological
control form, used extensively in organized mosquito control programs. Sold under trade names
such as VectoBac, Aquaabac, Teknar.
Bacillus sphaericus (Bs) - CORRECT ANSWER - biological control form sold under the
trade name Vectolex. Used to control Culex mosquitos.
Mosquito Growth Regulators - CORRECT ANSWER - Similar to the juvenile hormone,
does not allow the larva to develop and emerge as an adult. Methoprene, commercially marketed
under the trade name Altosid.
Mosquito Parasites - CORRECT ANSWER - Very effective form of Natural Control, uses
nematodes and protozoa to attack mosquito larvae. High cost of production has prevented
commercial development.
Mosquito Predators - CORRECT ANSWER - Most commonly used are top feeding
minnows, native guppy Legister reliculatus, South American minnow Gambusia affinis is the
most widely used.
EPA - CORRECT ANSWER - environmental protection agency
Chapter 5 terms UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Entomologist - CORRECT ANSWER - Person educated in the study of insects.
Water management - CORRECT ANSWER - management of water levels in manmade
reservoirs
Bacillus thuringiensis variety israelensis (Bti) - CORRECT ANSWER - Biological
control form, used extensively in organized mosquito control programs. Sold under trade names
such as VectoBac, Aquaabac, Teknar.
Bacillus sphaericus (Bs) - CORRECT ANSWER - biological control form sold under the
trade name Vectolex. Used to control Culex mosquitos.
Mosquito Growth Regulators - CORRECT ANSWER - Similar to the juvenile hormone,
does not allow the larva to develop and emerge as an adult. Methoprene, commercially marketed
under the trade name Altosid.
Mosquito Parasites - CORRECT ANSWER - Very effective form of Natural Control, uses
nematodes and protozoa to attack mosquito larvae. High cost of production has prevented
commercial development.
Mosquito Predators - CORRECT ANSWER - Most commonly used are top feeding
minnows, native guppy Legister reliculatus, South American minnow Gambusia affinis is the
most widely used.
EPA - CORRECT ANSWER - environmental protection agency
