FLORIDA AQUATIC PEST CONTROL 2026
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS PROFESSIONAL STUDY SHEET
COMPLETE PREPARATION PACK GRADED
A+
⩥ inverse relationship or a steady rise in income from tourism to a
steady decline of the major salt marsh pest mosquito, Aedes
taeniorhynchus. Answer: Past relationship between tourism dollars and
mosquitoes
⩥ very swift currents and in open bodies of water Answer: Mosquitoes
occur throughout the world, breeding in almost every known aquatic
habitat except
⩥ Larval habitats - grassy margins of ponds, land crab holes, and aquatic
plants, eggs may be laid singly or in rafts, on water or on damp soil
where they hatch in subsequent flooding, flight ranges from a few
hundred feet to more than eighty miles with favorable winds, hibernation
or overwintering in different species may be in the egg stage, as larvae,
or as adults Answer: variations present among species
⩥ 80 Answer: number of mosquito species in FL
,⩥ When Congress was debating the merits of statehood for Florida, this
man stated that Florida could never be developed, nor would it ever be a
fit place to live. He described the 1 land as a "land of swamps, of
quagmires, of frogs and alligators and mosquitoes." Answer: John
Randolph of Virginia
⩥ Name given to Ponce de Leon Inlet because the mosquito was such a
plague when the Spaniards arrived Answer: "Barro de Mosquitoes"
⩥ In the 18th Century, the name for part of Florida lying between the St.
Johns River and the coastal lagoons north of Cape Canaveral Answer:
"The Mosquito Country," or "The Mosquitoes"
⩥ Name given to Mosquito Country in 1825 when it became a county
which included a large portion of peninsular Florida Answer: "Mosquito
County"
⩥ Name for northern Florida that was settled, but anything but a
pleasant place to live. Area suffered from disease, hardship, and poverty;
the major cities of Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tallahassee and
Pensacola Answer: "malaria belt"
⩥ Year of one of the worst sieges of the yellow fever epidemic in in
Jacksonville and Fernandina Beach. It was described by historians as the
State's worst holocaust. Fernandina Beach, with a population of 1,632,
had 1,146 persons ill with the fever. Twenty-four died. Answer: 1877
,⩥ Year yellow fever epidemics raged in Key West, Tampa, Plant City,
and Manatee. Answer: 1887
⩥ Year yellow fever epidemic in Jacksonville saw 10,000 persons (out
of a population of 26,700 in Duval County) flee the city in carriages,
drays, wagon trains, and ships. Answer: 1888
⩥ Island was once so heavily infested with mosquitoes that bred in the
vast grassy marshes that the local postman had to make his rounds in
July dressed like an Eskimo in a parka and netting. Answer: Sanibel
⩥ Major event that spurred organized effort to control mosquitoes in
Florida as a way of preventing malaria when the U.S. Army, U. S. Public
Health Service, and the State Board of Health set up a program of
drainage and larviciding at Camp Johnson, near Jacksonville. Answer:
WWI
⩥ Year when the State Board of Health, the city of Perry, and the Burton
Swartz Cypress Company jointly set up a malaria control project in the
city of Perry, one of the most malarious areas of the State. At that time
the Perry project was one of the largest malaria control projects in the
country and was the first non-military control project in Florida Answer:
1919
, ⩥ Year of formation of the Florida Anti-Mosquito Association (FAMA)
(now known as the Florida Mosquito Control Association, FMCA)
Answer: 1922
⩥ Year when Indian River County Mosquito Control District was
established Answer: 1925
⩥ Year when St. Lucie Mosquito District established Answer: 1926
⩥ Year when Broward County Mosquito Control District established
Answer: 1934
⩥ Year when Dade County Mosquito Control District was established
Answer: 1935
⩥ By this year, there were 52 mosquito control districts in Florida, and
that number has remained fairly constant to the present day Answer:
1975
⩥ Period when many malaria control projects were performed with
funding from the Civil Works Administration, Emergency Relief
Administration of the Works Progress Administration. During this
period, more than 1,500 miles of drainage ditches were dug throughout
the state to eliminate mosquito breeding habitats. Answer: 1933 - 1941
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS PROFESSIONAL STUDY SHEET
COMPLETE PREPARATION PACK GRADED
A+
⩥ inverse relationship or a steady rise in income from tourism to a
steady decline of the major salt marsh pest mosquito, Aedes
taeniorhynchus. Answer: Past relationship between tourism dollars and
mosquitoes
⩥ very swift currents and in open bodies of water Answer: Mosquitoes
occur throughout the world, breeding in almost every known aquatic
habitat except
⩥ Larval habitats - grassy margins of ponds, land crab holes, and aquatic
plants, eggs may be laid singly or in rafts, on water or on damp soil
where they hatch in subsequent flooding, flight ranges from a few
hundred feet to more than eighty miles with favorable winds, hibernation
or overwintering in different species may be in the egg stage, as larvae,
or as adults Answer: variations present among species
⩥ 80 Answer: number of mosquito species in FL
,⩥ When Congress was debating the merits of statehood for Florida, this
man stated that Florida could never be developed, nor would it ever be a
fit place to live. He described the 1 land as a "land of swamps, of
quagmires, of frogs and alligators and mosquitoes." Answer: John
Randolph of Virginia
⩥ Name given to Ponce de Leon Inlet because the mosquito was such a
plague when the Spaniards arrived Answer: "Barro de Mosquitoes"
⩥ In the 18th Century, the name for part of Florida lying between the St.
Johns River and the coastal lagoons north of Cape Canaveral Answer:
"The Mosquito Country," or "The Mosquitoes"
⩥ Name given to Mosquito Country in 1825 when it became a county
which included a large portion of peninsular Florida Answer: "Mosquito
County"
⩥ Name for northern Florida that was settled, but anything but a
pleasant place to live. Area suffered from disease, hardship, and poverty;
the major cities of Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tallahassee and
Pensacola Answer: "malaria belt"
⩥ Year of one of the worst sieges of the yellow fever epidemic in in
Jacksonville and Fernandina Beach. It was described by historians as the
State's worst holocaust. Fernandina Beach, with a population of 1,632,
had 1,146 persons ill with the fever. Twenty-four died. Answer: 1877
,⩥ Year yellow fever epidemics raged in Key West, Tampa, Plant City,
and Manatee. Answer: 1887
⩥ Year yellow fever epidemic in Jacksonville saw 10,000 persons (out
of a population of 26,700 in Duval County) flee the city in carriages,
drays, wagon trains, and ships. Answer: 1888
⩥ Island was once so heavily infested with mosquitoes that bred in the
vast grassy marshes that the local postman had to make his rounds in
July dressed like an Eskimo in a parka and netting. Answer: Sanibel
⩥ Major event that spurred organized effort to control mosquitoes in
Florida as a way of preventing malaria when the U.S. Army, U. S. Public
Health Service, and the State Board of Health set up a program of
drainage and larviciding at Camp Johnson, near Jacksonville. Answer:
WWI
⩥ Year when the State Board of Health, the city of Perry, and the Burton
Swartz Cypress Company jointly set up a malaria control project in the
city of Perry, one of the most malarious areas of the State. At that time
the Perry project was one of the largest malaria control projects in the
country and was the first non-military control project in Florida Answer:
1919
, ⩥ Year of formation of the Florida Anti-Mosquito Association (FAMA)
(now known as the Florida Mosquito Control Association, FMCA)
Answer: 1922
⩥ Year when Indian River County Mosquito Control District was
established Answer: 1925
⩥ Year when St. Lucie Mosquito District established Answer: 1926
⩥ Year when Broward County Mosquito Control District established
Answer: 1934
⩥ Year when Dade County Mosquito Control District was established
Answer: 1935
⩥ By this year, there were 52 mosquito control districts in Florida, and
that number has remained fairly constant to the present day Answer:
1975
⩥ Period when many malaria control projects were performed with
funding from the Civil Works Administration, Emergency Relief
Administration of the Works Progress Administration. During this
period, more than 1,500 miles of drainage ditches were dug throughout
the state to eliminate mosquito breeding habitats. Answer: 1933 - 1941
