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a female mosquito takes blood to: - ✔✔Produce eggs
the 3 main body parts of an adult mosquito are: - ✔✔Head, Abdomen,
Thorax
mosquito larvae are typically found in: - ✔✔shallow and still or stagnant
water
the genus of mosquito having pulps roughly as long as proboscis is -
✔✔Anopheles
mosquito larvae breathe - ✔✔through respiratory openings near the tip of
the abdomen
some mosquitoes lay their eggs - ✔✔on damp soil
number of mosquito species in Michigan - ✔✔60
a mosquito goes through 4 stages of development - ✔✔Egg, Larvae, Pupa
and Adult
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, the 3 classes of Michigan mosquitos, based on breeding sites -
✔✔Floodwater, Permanent water and container/ tree hole mosquitoes
insects often confused with mosquitoes - ✔✔midges or stable flies
the human age grouph most likely to have severe symptoms feom La
Crosse encephalitis - ✔✔Children
a "dead-end host" is one that - ✔✔Ends the transmission cycle
SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural
transmision cyle involving species of - ✔✔wild birds
most important mosquito-borne disease in Michigan are caused by -
✔✔viruses
mosquito species primarily responsible for the transmission of WN in
Michigan - ✔✔Culex pipiens
natural transmission cycle for La Crosse involves mostly - ✔✔small
mammals and Aedes triseriatus
heartworm infection in dogs in Michigan us vectored by - ✔✔more than
25% of the mosquito species in Michigan
EEE is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a severe central nervous
system disease in - ✔✔Horses and Humans
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