ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Mosquitoes belong to which order of insects? - CORRECT ANSWER - Diptera
Name the Female mosquito that does not take a blood meal for egg development - CORRECT
ANSWER - Toxorhynchitis
What mosquito species larvae feed on other mosquito larvae? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Toxorhynchitis
Anopheles larvae are characterized by the the absence of? - CORRECT ANSWER -A
siphon and the presence of a palmate hair dorsally on each side, at least segments 4-6 of the
abdomen.
Anopheles Quadrimacultis transmits what Disease - CORRECT ANSWER - Malaria
The first organized mosquito control in the state of Florida was - CORRECT ANSWER -
Indian river county in the year 1925
There are currently 80 species of mosquitoes belonging to How many genera in Florida? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 12
Flies belong to the order of Diptera and have how many wings? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1 set
The knobbed structures on the mosquitoes thorax are called? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Halter
, The Florida anti mosquito Association was formed one what year - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1922
The first Health officer serving as the president of the Florida anti mosquito association was? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dr. J.Y Porter
What county was known as Mosquito county - CORRECT ANSWER - Orange county
The four species of mosquitoes associated with bromeliads and pitcher plants - CORRECT
ANSWER - Wyeomia Vanduzeei
Wyeomia Mitchellii
Wyeomia Haynei
Culex Biscaynesis
Culex Nigripalpus and culex quinquefasciatus are associated with what diseases? - CORRECT
ANSWER - EEE, st. Luis encephalitis, West Nile virus
Name the four salt marsh or brackish water mosquitoes - CORRECT ANSWER - Aedes
Taeniorhynchus
Aedes sollicitans
Anopheles Atropos
Culex Nigripalpus
The Malaria Belt consist of what cities in the state of Florida in the early 1900's - CORRECT
ANSWER - Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Tallahassee
Pensacola