Minnesota Pesticide Applicator Practice
Test(Category L Mosquito Control)
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
What Mosquito species obtains oxygen through roots of plants?
A) Aedes Vexans
B) Aedes trivittatus
C) Coquillettidia perturbans
D) Culex tarsalis✔✔C) Coquillettidia perturbans
How many instar stages does a mosquito go through?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4✔✔d) 4
The life cycle stages of a mosquito are?
a) Pupa, larva, egg, adult
b) Egg, larva, pupa, adult
c) Egg, instar, pupa, adult
d) Instar, larva, adult, pupa✔✔b) Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Why do female mosquitoes take a blood meal?
a) to produce eggs
b) to feed/get nourishment
, c) to transmit disease
d) to feed young✔✔a) to produce eggs
About how many species of Mosquito are known to occur in Minnesota?
a) 50
b) 100
c) 500
d) 1000✔✔a) 50
What type of sites do Culex mosquitoes prefer to lay eggs?
a) grassy areas
b) temporary or permanent pools of water
c) Moist soil
d) dry soil areas that usually flood✔✔b) temporary or permanent pools of water
Where do mosquitoes rest during the day?
a) breeding sites
b) structures
c) harborage
d) None of the above✔✔c) harborage
The "cattail Mosquito" is also known as?
a) Culex Tarsalis
b) Aedes vexan
c) Aedes triseriatus
d) Coquillettidia perturban✔✔d) Coquillettidia perturban
Test(Category L Mosquito Control)
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
What Mosquito species obtains oxygen through roots of plants?
A) Aedes Vexans
B) Aedes trivittatus
C) Coquillettidia perturbans
D) Culex tarsalis✔✔C) Coquillettidia perturbans
How many instar stages does a mosquito go through?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4✔✔d) 4
The life cycle stages of a mosquito are?
a) Pupa, larva, egg, adult
b) Egg, larva, pupa, adult
c) Egg, instar, pupa, adult
d) Instar, larva, adult, pupa✔✔b) Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Why do female mosquitoes take a blood meal?
a) to produce eggs
b) to feed/get nourishment
, c) to transmit disease
d) to feed young✔✔a) to produce eggs
About how many species of Mosquito are known to occur in Minnesota?
a) 50
b) 100
c) 500
d) 1000✔✔a) 50
What type of sites do Culex mosquitoes prefer to lay eggs?
a) grassy areas
b) temporary or permanent pools of water
c) Moist soil
d) dry soil areas that usually flood✔✔b) temporary or permanent pools of water
Where do mosquitoes rest during the day?
a) breeding sites
b) structures
c) harborage
d) None of the above✔✔c) harborage
The "cattail Mosquito" is also known as?
a) Culex Tarsalis
b) Aedes vexan
c) Aedes triseriatus
d) Coquillettidia perturban✔✔d) Coquillettidia perturban
