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1) The genus of mosquito having palps Anopheles
roughly as long as the proboscis is:
a. Aedes
b. Culex
c. Anopheles
2) Mosquito larvae breathe: Through respiratory openings near
the tip of the abdomen
3) Some mosquitoes lay their eggs: On damp soil
4) The number of mosquito species in 60
Michigan is approximately:
5) The three classes of Michigan Floodwater, permanent water, and
mosquitoes, based on breeding container/tree hole mosquitoes
sites, are:
6) Insects that are often confused with Midges
mosquitoes are:
,7) Which potential pathogens West Nile virus (WNV), St. Louis
contracted from mosquitoes are encephalitis (SLE), La Crosse
most concerning in Michigan? encephalitis (LAC) and eastern
equine encephalitis (EEE).
8) What family do mosquitoes belong Culicidae
to?
9) The three egg laying patterns - eggs laid singly on the water
surface - eggs glued together to
form rafts that float on the water
surface
- eggs laid singly out of the water
10) Anopheles eggs... Have lateral extensions that serve
as floats
11) Culex eggs Culex, Culiseta, Coquillettidia and
Uranotaenia species glue individual
eggs together to form floating rafts
of up to 300 eggs or more.
12) Aedes eggs The eggs of Aedes, Psorophora
and Orthopodomyia species are
deposited individually out of the
water, and they are adapted to
withstand desiccation (being dry)
until the area is later flooded and
, the eggs hatch.
13) Siphon An air tube
14) The time it takes mosquitoes for The time for complete larval
complete larval Development in development at normal summer
mosquitoes temperatures in Michigan is from
five to 10 days but may be much
longer at lower temperatures.
15) How many segments on an adult 15, only 14 are visible
mosquitoe?
16) Antennae are believed to be organs Hearing and smelling
of...
17) This genus appears to be the major Culex
vectors of WN and SLE in the
United States.
18) How is EEE different from SLE and EEE differs from SLE and WN in
WN? that it is primarily a rural disease
centered near freshwater swamps.
19) The human age group most likely to Children
have severe symptoms from La
Crosse encephalitis (CE group) are:
a. Children
b. Teenagers
c. Older adults