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A female mosquito takes a blood meal to:
- answers-Produce eggs.
The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are: -
answers-Head, abdomen and thorax.
Mosquito larvae are typically found in:
- answers-Shallow and still or stagnant water.
The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is: -
answers-Anopheles.
Mosquito larvae breathe:
- answers-Through respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen.
Some mosquitoes lay their eggs:
- answers-On damp soil.
The number of mosquito species in MI is approximately: -
answers-Sixty (60).
A mosquito goes through four stages of development: -
answers-Egg, larva, pupa and adult.
The three classes of MI mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are:
- answers-Floodwater, permanent water and container/tree hole mosquitoes.
Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are: -
answers-Midges.
The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms for La Crosse encephalitis (CE
group) are:
- answers-Children.
, A "dead end host" is one that:
- answers-Is outside of the natural transmission cycle of the virus.
SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission cycle involving
several species of:
- answers-Wild birds.
Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for transmitting the West
Nile virus?
- answers-Culex pipiens.
The natural transmission cycle of La Crosse virus involves mostly: -
answers-Small mammals and Aedes triseriatus.
The most important mosquito-borne diseases in MI are caused by: -
answers-Viruses.
Heartworm infection in dogs in MI is vectored by:
- answers-More than 25% of the mosquito species in MI.
EEE is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a severe central nervous system disease in:
- answers-Horses and humans.
Jamestown Canyon virus affects what animal, causing the continued growth of the virus?
- answers-Deer, specifically white-tailed deer. Isolated primarily from woodland Aedes
mosquitoes.
If human malaria resurfaced in MI, which mosquito group would you target for control? -
answers-Anopheles.
EEE virus:
- answers-Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Spread through wild birds to humans and horses.
SLE virus:
- answers-St. Louis Encephalitis. Spread through wild birds to humans.
WN virus:
- answers-West Nile. Spread through wild birds to humans.
Mosquito surveys can be used to determine:
- answers-Relative abundance of important disease vectors in an area.