Mosquito Pest Control – Questions & Complete
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What characteristics best describe adult female mosquitoes? ✔️Ans -
one pair of wings with numerous scales on the edges and veins and
piercing-sucking mouthparts
Male and female mosquitos may be separated by he appearance of
antennae and mouthparts ✔️Ans - True
Adult female mosquitos whose palpi appear to be the same length as the
proboscis belong to which genus? ✔️Ans - Anopheles
Larvae with relatively slender air tubes and several tufts or single hairs on
their air tubes belong to which genus? ✔️Ans - Culex
The larvae of which genus has no air tubes? ✔️Ans - Anopheles
An adult mosquito having an abdomen with a blunt tip and mixed dark and
pale, broad wing scales belongs to which genus? ✔️Ans - Coquillettidia
Mosquitoes are important pests because they- ✔️Ans - are annoying and
cause discomfort by biting, may become disease vectors, may adversely
affect the economy of the state
Mosquitoes undergo complete metamorphosis and thus develop through-
✔️Ans - egg, larvae, pupa and adult
Adult female mosquitoes, according to genus, lay their eggs- ✔️Ans -
singly with a float, singly without a float, in an egg raft
All mosquito larvae are aquatic ✔️Ans - True
Most mosquito larvae must continually return to the water surface to
obtain air. ✔️Ans - True
Mosquito larvae obtain air through their- ✔️Ans - siphons or air tubes
, Mosquito larvae molt- ✔️Ans - 4 times
Mosquito pupae breath through their- ✔️Ans - breathing "trumpets"
Mosquito pupae- ✔️Ans - are active but do not feed
Both male and female mosquitoes feed on blood ✔️Ans - False
Some species of mosquitoes prefer to feed on one type of animal while
others may take blood from a number of different animals ✔️Ans - True
The females of all species of mosquitoes in NJ must first obtain a blood
meal before producing eggs ✔️Ans - False
Female mosquitoes may live long enough to produce several batches of
eggs ✔️Ans - True
The type or quality of water has no bearing on the species of mosquito
which may eventually deposit its eggs there ✔️Ans - False
A freshwater swamp is considered a semi permanent body of water
✔️Ans - True
In NJ, woodland pool mosquitoes generally have one generation per year
✔️Ans - True
The most important woodland pool mosquito in NJ is- ✔️Ans - Aedes
canadensis
Floodwater mosquitoes have only one generation per year ✔️Ans - False
The most important fresh floodwater mosquito in NJ is- ✔️Ans - Aedes
vexans
For floodwater mosquitoes, the frequency and amount of rainfall during the
spring and summer months has a direct bearing on the number of
generations per year ✔️Ans - True
Answers
What characteristics best describe adult female mosquitoes? ✔️Ans -
one pair of wings with numerous scales on the edges and veins and
piercing-sucking mouthparts
Male and female mosquitos may be separated by he appearance of
antennae and mouthparts ✔️Ans - True
Adult female mosquitos whose palpi appear to be the same length as the
proboscis belong to which genus? ✔️Ans - Anopheles
Larvae with relatively slender air tubes and several tufts or single hairs on
their air tubes belong to which genus? ✔️Ans - Culex
The larvae of which genus has no air tubes? ✔️Ans - Anopheles
An adult mosquito having an abdomen with a blunt tip and mixed dark and
pale, broad wing scales belongs to which genus? ✔️Ans - Coquillettidia
Mosquitoes are important pests because they- ✔️Ans - are annoying and
cause discomfort by biting, may become disease vectors, may adversely
affect the economy of the state
Mosquitoes undergo complete metamorphosis and thus develop through-
✔️Ans - egg, larvae, pupa and adult
Adult female mosquitoes, according to genus, lay their eggs- ✔️Ans -
singly with a float, singly without a float, in an egg raft
All mosquito larvae are aquatic ✔️Ans - True
Most mosquito larvae must continually return to the water surface to
obtain air. ✔️Ans - True
Mosquito larvae obtain air through their- ✔️Ans - siphons or air tubes
, Mosquito larvae molt- ✔️Ans - 4 times
Mosquito pupae breath through their- ✔️Ans - breathing "trumpets"
Mosquito pupae- ✔️Ans - are active but do not feed
Both male and female mosquitoes feed on blood ✔️Ans - False
Some species of mosquitoes prefer to feed on one type of animal while
others may take blood from a number of different animals ✔️Ans - True
The females of all species of mosquitoes in NJ must first obtain a blood
meal before producing eggs ✔️Ans - False
Female mosquitoes may live long enough to produce several batches of
eggs ✔️Ans - True
The type or quality of water has no bearing on the species of mosquito
which may eventually deposit its eggs there ✔️Ans - False
A freshwater swamp is considered a semi permanent body of water
✔️Ans - True
In NJ, woodland pool mosquitoes generally have one generation per year
✔️Ans - True
The most important woodland pool mosquito in NJ is- ✔️Ans - Aedes
canadensis
Floodwater mosquitoes have only one generation per year ✔️Ans - False
The most important fresh floodwater mosquito in NJ is- ✔️Ans - Aedes
vexans
For floodwater mosquitoes, the frequency and amount of rainfall during the
spring and summer months has a direct bearing on the number of
generations per year ✔️Ans - True
