MDARD MICHIGAN CORE PESTICIDE REVIEW 2026
SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What family do mosquitoes belong to? - ✔✔Culcidae
✔✔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
✔✔Anopheles eggs... - ✔✔have lateral extensions that serve as floats.
✔✔Culex eggs... - ✔✔Culex, Culiseta, Coquillettidia and Uranotaenia species glue
individual eggs together to form floating rafts of up to 300 eggs or more.
✔✔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.
✔✔Siphon - ✔✔An air tube
✔✔The time it takes for complete larval development - ✔✔The time for complete larval
development at normal summer temperatures in Michigan is from five to 10 days but
may be much longer at lower temperatures.
✔✔How many segments on an adult mosquitoe? - ✔✔15 segments, only 14 of which
are readily visible.
✔✔Antennae are believed to be organs of... - ✔✔hearing and smelling.
, ✔✔This genus appears to be the major vectors of WN and SLE in the United States. -
✔✔Culex
✔✔How is EEE different from SLE and WN? - ✔✔EEE differs from SLE and WN in that
it is primarily a rural disease centered near freshwater swamps.
✔✔The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms from La Crosse
encephalitis (CE group) are: a. Children b. Teenagers c. Older adults - ✔✔a. Children
✔✔A "dead-end host" is one that: a. Causes the death of the mosquito vector b. Always
dies after receiving a pathogen from a vector c. Is outside of the natural transmission
cycle of the virus - ✔✔c. Is outside of the natural transmission cycle of the virus
✔✔The most important mosquito-borne diseases in Michigan are caused by: a. Bacteria
b. Viruses c. Protozoans - ✔✔b. Viruses
✔✔SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission cycle
involving several species of: a. Wild birds b. Rodents c. Ungulates (horses, deer, etc.) -
✔✔a. Wild birds
✔✔Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for transmitting the
West Nile virus in Michigan? a. Anopheles punctipennis b. Culex pipiens c.
Coquillettidia perturbans - ✔✔b. Culex pipiens
✔✔The natural transmission cycle of La Crosse virus involves mostly: a. Small
mammals and Aedes triseriatus b. Birds and Aedes trivittatus c. Small mammals and
Culex mosquitoes - ✔✔a. Small mammals and Aedes triseriatus
✔✔Heartworm infection in dogs in Michigan is vectored by: a. Two species of
mosquitoes b. More than 90 percent of the mosquito species in Michigan c. More than
25 percent of the mosquito species in Michigan - ✔✔c. More than 25 percent of the
mosquito species in Michigan
✔✔EEE is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a severe central nervous system
disease in: a. Horses and humans b. Cattle and domesticated birds c. Horses and cats -
✔✔a. Horses and humans
✔✔Birds in the Corvid family are highly susceptible to this mosquito-borne disease: a.
West Nile virus b. Eastern equine encephalitis c. Jamestown Canyon - ✔✔a. West Nile
virus
✔✔If human malaria resurfaced in Michigan, which mosquito group would you target for
control? a. Aedes b. Anopheles c. Culex - ✔✔b. Anopheles
SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What family do mosquitoes belong to? - ✔✔Culcidae
✔✔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
✔✔Anopheles eggs... - ✔✔have lateral extensions that serve as floats.
✔✔Culex eggs... - ✔✔Culex, Culiseta, Coquillettidia and Uranotaenia species glue
individual eggs together to form floating rafts of up to 300 eggs or more.
✔✔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.
✔✔Siphon - ✔✔An air tube
✔✔The time it takes for complete larval development - ✔✔The time for complete larval
development at normal summer temperatures in Michigan is from five to 10 days but
may be much longer at lower temperatures.
✔✔How many segments on an adult mosquitoe? - ✔✔15 segments, only 14 of which
are readily visible.
✔✔Antennae are believed to be organs of... - ✔✔hearing and smelling.
, ✔✔This genus appears to be the major vectors of WN and SLE in the United States. -
✔✔Culex
✔✔How is EEE different from SLE and WN? - ✔✔EEE differs from SLE and WN in that
it is primarily a rural disease centered near freshwater swamps.
✔✔The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms from La Crosse
encephalitis (CE group) are: a. Children b. Teenagers c. Older adults - ✔✔a. Children
✔✔A "dead-end host" is one that: a. Causes the death of the mosquito vector b. Always
dies after receiving a pathogen from a vector c. Is outside of the natural transmission
cycle of the virus - ✔✔c. Is outside of the natural transmission cycle of the virus
✔✔The most important mosquito-borne diseases in Michigan are caused by: a. Bacteria
b. Viruses c. Protozoans - ✔✔b. Viruses
✔✔SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission cycle
involving several species of: a. Wild birds b. Rodents c. Ungulates (horses, deer, etc.) -
✔✔a. Wild birds
✔✔Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for transmitting the
West Nile virus in Michigan? a. Anopheles punctipennis b. Culex pipiens c.
Coquillettidia perturbans - ✔✔b. Culex pipiens
✔✔The natural transmission cycle of La Crosse virus involves mostly: a. Small
mammals and Aedes triseriatus b. Birds and Aedes trivittatus c. Small mammals and
Culex mosquitoes - ✔✔a. Small mammals and Aedes triseriatus
✔✔Heartworm infection in dogs in Michigan is vectored by: a. Two species of
mosquitoes b. More than 90 percent of the mosquito species in Michigan c. More than
25 percent of the mosquito species in Michigan - ✔✔c. More than 25 percent of the
mosquito species in Michigan
✔✔EEE is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a severe central nervous system
disease in: a. Horses and humans b. Cattle and domesticated birds c. Horses and cats -
✔✔a. Horses and humans
✔✔Birds in the Corvid family are highly susceptible to this mosquito-borne disease: a.
West Nile virus b. Eastern equine encephalitis c. Jamestown Canyon - ✔✔a. West Nile
virus
✔✔If human malaria resurfaced in Michigan, which mosquito group would you target for
control? a. Aedes b. Anopheles c. Culex - ✔✔b. Anopheles
