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✔✔a hand-held broadcast spreader is - ✔✔used for application of larvicide in hard-to-
access areas
✔✔insecticide evaluations in a mosquito control operation are important for - ✔✔testing
the effectiveness of new application techniques
✔✔evaluation of a new insecticide formulation for adulticiding would likely include -
✔✔sentinel caged mosquitoes
✔✔what larvicide would NOT be evaluated by taking pre- and post-treatment dipper
samples in the field - ✔✔Methoprene (growth regulator)
✔✔when evaluating insecticide, samples of control areas are made - ✔✔to allow
determination of any treatment effects
✔✔what mosquito species are difficult to evaluate when testing larvicide -
✔✔Coquillettidia perturbans
✔✔a comprehensive evaluation of insecticides on a no-target organisms is called -
✔✔an environmental impact study
✔✔resistance in mosquito populations to some control materials - ✔✔requires specific
testing protocols
✔✔the efficacy of an adulticide can be calculated and be represented as percent
reduction or percent mortality by using - ✔✔Abbott's formula or Mulla's formula
✔✔the pool sampling method is useful in evaluating - ✔✔larvicides
✔✔sampling differs from collecting primarily because - ✔✔sampling can give relative
abundance measures
✔✔instructions for the use of mosquito control pesticides are found on the - ✔✔label
✔✔to be used legally in Michigan, all pesticides must be registered by - ✔✔EPA and
State of Michigan
✔✔Broad-spectrum insecticides - ✔✔toxic to the target pest and a wide range of similar
organisms
, ✔✔a category 3 compound would use the signal word - ✔✔caution
✔✔reducing exposure is one way to reduce risk from mosquito control pesticides. other
ways are - ✔✔using material with short residual time
✔✔microbial larvicides such as Bti - ✔✔kill mosquitoes by disrupting the gut tissue
✔✔a low-toxicity pesticide that spreads as a thin film over the water's surface -
✔✔monomolecular film
✔✔spinosad is a relatively new larvicide that can be applied - ✔✔in a wide variety of
larval habitats, including stormwater catch basins
✔✔pyrethroids and organophosphates are - ✔✔used primarily in adulticiding
✔✔which of the fallowing is not listed on the product label - ✔✔chemical formulas of all
ingredients
✔✔prior to written notification of individuals who own or reside on property within a
community mosquito control target area can be conveyed by - ✔✔written notification
direct to resident
✔✔the Michigan department of agriculture and rural development maintains what type
of registry that pesticide applicators should be aware of - ✔✔certified organic farm
registry
✔✔a commercial applicator planning to apply larvicides to a catch basin for mosquito
control purposes - ✔✔is required to obtain certification R97-07/002 from the DNR
before making applications to a catch basin
✔✔"the waters of the state" refers to - ✔✔all bodies of water in Michigan
✔✔a pesticide used to control mosquitoes is intended to control, prevent or reduce the
risk that mosquitoes can cause to the health of - ✔✔humans, domestic animals, and
wildlife
✔✔off-target drift is defines as - ✔✔the physical movement of pesticides at the time of
application from the site of application to any non-target site
✔✔when a liquid pesticide solution is sprayed fpr mosquito control by ground spraying
equipment or aircraft, pesticide droplet size is determined primarily by - ✔✔the nozzles
of the application equipment