7F MOSQUITO CONTROL STUDY GUIDE

A female mosquito takes a blood meal to: - Answer-Produce eggs. The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are: - Answer-Head, abdomen and thorax. Mosquito larvae are typically found in: - Answer-Shallow and still or stagnant water. The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is: - Answer-Anopheles. Mosquito larvae breathe: - Answer-Through respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen. Some mosquitoes lay their eggs: - Answer-On damp soil. The number of mosquito species in MI is approximately: - Answer-Sixty (60). A mosquito goes through four stages of development: - Answer-Egg, larva, pupa and adult. The three classes of MI mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are: - Answer-Floodwater, permanent water and container/tree hole mosquitoes. Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are: - Answer-Midges. The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms for La Crosse encephalitis (CE group) are: - Answer-Children. A "dead end host" is one that: - Answer-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: - Answer-Wild birds. Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for transmitting the West Nile virus? - Answer-Culex pipiens. T