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,Larval habitats - grassy margins of ponds, land crab holes, and variations present among species
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
80 number of mosquito species in FL
When Congress was debating the merits of statehood for John Randolph of Virginia
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."
Name given to Ponce de Leon Inlet because the mosquito "Barro de Mosquitoes"
was such a plague when the Spaniards arrived
In the 18th Century, the name for part of Florida lying between "The Mosquito Country," or "The Mosquitoes"
the St. Johns River and the coastal lagoons north of Cape
Canaveral
Name given to Mosquito Country in 1825 when it became a "Mosquito County"
county which included a large portion of peninsular Florida
Name for northern Florida that was settled, but anything but a "malaria belt"
pleasant place to live. Area suffered from disease, hardship,
and poverty; the major cities of Jacksonville, St. Augustine,
Tallahassee and Pensacola
Year of one of the worst sieges of the yellow fever epidemic in 1877
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.
Year yellow fever epidemics raged in Key West, Tampa, Plant 1887
City, and Manatee.
,Year yellow fever epidemic in Jacksonville saw 10,000 persons 1888
(out of a population of 26,700 in Duval County) flee the city in
carriages, drays, wagon trains, and ships.
Island was once so heavily infested with mosquitoes that bred Sanibel
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.
Major event that spurred organized effort to control WWI
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.
Year when the State Board of Health, the city of Perry, and the 1919
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
Year of formation of the Florida Anti-Mosquito Association 1922
(FAMA) (now known as the Florida Mosquito Control
Association, FMCA)
Year when Indian River County Mosquito Control District was 1925
established
Year when St. Lucie Mosquito District established 1926
Year when Broward County Mosquito Control District 1934
established
Year when Dade County Mosquito Control District was 1935
established
, By this year, there were 52 mosquito control districts in 1975
Florida, and that number has remained fairly constant to the
present day
Period when many malaria control projects were performed 1933 - 1941
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.
year when a Bureau of Malaria Control was created within the 1941
Division of Health
Year when the U.S. Public Health Service set up the first 1942
Malaria Control in War Areas project in Florida near
Tallahassee
Period when a program of DDT residual house spraying in 1945 - 1949
malarious areas of Florida was supported by U.S. Public
Health Funds
Year when the Bureau of Malaria Control was abolished and a 1946
Division of Entomology was created within the Bureau of
Sanitary Engineering
Year when the Division of Entomology was raised to Bureau 1953
status
Year when the Bureau of Entomology became the Office of 1976
Entomology
Year when Office of Entomology became Entomology 1986
Services in the Department of Health and Rehabilitative
Services
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS, CORRECT ANSWERS AND
STUDY GUIDE
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Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
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,Larval habitats - grassy margins of ponds, land crab holes, and variations present among species
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
80 number of mosquito species in FL
When Congress was debating the merits of statehood for John Randolph of Virginia
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."
Name given to Ponce de Leon Inlet because the mosquito "Barro de Mosquitoes"
was such a plague when the Spaniards arrived
In the 18th Century, the name for part of Florida lying between "The Mosquito Country," or "The Mosquitoes"
the St. Johns River and the coastal lagoons north of Cape
Canaveral
Name given to Mosquito Country in 1825 when it became a "Mosquito County"
county which included a large portion of peninsular Florida
Name for northern Florida that was settled, but anything but a "malaria belt"
pleasant place to live. Area suffered from disease, hardship,
and poverty; the major cities of Jacksonville, St. Augustine,
Tallahassee and Pensacola
Year of one of the worst sieges of the yellow fever epidemic in 1877
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.
Year yellow fever epidemics raged in Key West, Tampa, Plant 1887
City, and Manatee.
,Year yellow fever epidemic in Jacksonville saw 10,000 persons 1888
(out of a population of 26,700 in Duval County) flee the city in
carriages, drays, wagon trains, and ships.
Island was once so heavily infested with mosquitoes that bred Sanibel
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.
Major event that spurred organized effort to control WWI
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.
Year when the State Board of Health, the city of Perry, and the 1919
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
Year of formation of the Florida Anti-Mosquito Association 1922
(FAMA) (now known as the Florida Mosquito Control
Association, FMCA)
Year when Indian River County Mosquito Control District was 1925
established
Year when St. Lucie Mosquito District established 1926
Year when Broward County Mosquito Control District 1934
established
Year when Dade County Mosquito Control District was 1935
established
, By this year, there were 52 mosquito control districts in 1975
Florida, and that number has remained fairly constant to the
present day
Period when many malaria control projects were performed 1933 - 1941
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.
year when a Bureau of Malaria Control was created within the 1941
Division of Health
Year when the U.S. Public Health Service set up the first 1942
Malaria Control in War Areas project in Florida near
Tallahassee
Period when a program of DDT residual house spraying in 1945 - 1949
malarious areas of Florida was supported by U.S. Public
Health Funds
Year when the Bureau of Malaria Control was abolished and a 1946
Division of Entomology was created within the Bureau of
Sanitary Engineering
Year when the Division of Entomology was raised to Bureau 1953
status
Year when the Bureau of Entomology became the Office of 1976
Entomology
Year when Office of Entomology became Entomology 1986
Services in the Department of Health and Rehabilitative
Services
