Mosquito Control Questions with verified answers
Adult Mosquito Ans✓✓✓ Mature stage of a mosquito's life; it has three body
regions, six legs, & two wings.
Adulticide Ans✓✓✓ To kill adult mosquitos; a pesticide that kills adult mosquitos.
Agar Plate Ans✓✓✓ A petri dish filled with a jello-like nutrient material used to
grow bacteria upon.
Bacillus sphaericus Ans✓✓✓ A bacteria used to biologically control mosquito
larvae.
Bio-magnification Ans✓✓✓ The increased concentration of toxic chemicals in the
tissues of organism that are at higher levels in food webs.
Bioaccumulation Ans✓✓✓ The buildup of a persistent toxic substance in an
organism's body, often in fatty tissues.
Bioassay Ans✓✓✓ A test to determine the toxicity of a substance to an organism.
Bioremediation Ans✓✓✓ The use of bacteria & other microorganisms to
breakdown hazardous wastes into harmless components.
Bti Ans✓✓✓ Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; A commonly used bacteria to
control mosquito larvae.
, Chemicals used for mosquito control are? Ans✓✓✓ Less toxic, applied at lower
doses, and are more specific in their targets than those used by agriculture.
Diptera Ans✓✓✓ The order of insects that includes flies, gnats, and mosquitoes.
Emerging diseases Ans✓✓✓ AIDS, Lime Disease, West Nile disease, Cholera, Polio
Female Mosquitoes Ans✓✓✓ Require a blood meal to supply protien for egg
development.
How are larger breeding areas combated? Ans✓✓✓ From the air with growth-
regulating hormones which upset larval metamorphosis, or bacterial toxins that
are consumed by the larvae.
How can one eliminate mosquitoes? Ans✓✓✓ By pouring out containers filled
with water.
How many species are found in Florida? Ans✓✓✓ 67 native species are found in
Florida, not including two non-native species : Asian- Tiger Mosquito & Bahamian
Species.
Instar Ans✓✓✓ A developmental phase of larval mosquitoes, four instars in all.
IPM Ans✓✓✓ Uses organic best practices in agriculture along with chemicals and
synthetic compounds as a way to monitor pests.
Larva Ans✓✓✓ The aquatic feeding stage of immature mosquitos.
Adult Mosquito Ans✓✓✓ Mature stage of a mosquito's life; it has three body
regions, six legs, & two wings.
Adulticide Ans✓✓✓ To kill adult mosquitos; a pesticide that kills adult mosquitos.
Agar Plate Ans✓✓✓ A petri dish filled with a jello-like nutrient material used to
grow bacteria upon.
Bacillus sphaericus Ans✓✓✓ A bacteria used to biologically control mosquito
larvae.
Bio-magnification Ans✓✓✓ The increased concentration of toxic chemicals in the
tissues of organism that are at higher levels in food webs.
Bioaccumulation Ans✓✓✓ The buildup of a persistent toxic substance in an
organism's body, often in fatty tissues.
Bioassay Ans✓✓✓ A test to determine the toxicity of a substance to an organism.
Bioremediation Ans✓✓✓ The use of bacteria & other microorganisms to
breakdown hazardous wastes into harmless components.
Bti Ans✓✓✓ Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; A commonly used bacteria to
control mosquito larvae.
, Chemicals used for mosquito control are? Ans✓✓✓ Less toxic, applied at lower
doses, and are more specific in their targets than those used by agriculture.
Diptera Ans✓✓✓ The order of insects that includes flies, gnats, and mosquitoes.
Emerging diseases Ans✓✓✓ AIDS, Lime Disease, West Nile disease, Cholera, Polio
Female Mosquitoes Ans✓✓✓ Require a blood meal to supply protien for egg
development.
How are larger breeding areas combated? Ans✓✓✓ From the air with growth-
regulating hormones which upset larval metamorphosis, or bacterial toxins that
are consumed by the larvae.
How can one eliminate mosquitoes? Ans✓✓✓ By pouring out containers filled
with water.
How many species are found in Florida? Ans✓✓✓ 67 native species are found in
Florida, not including two non-native species : Asian- Tiger Mosquito & Bahamian
Species.
Instar Ans✓✓✓ A developmental phase of larval mosquitoes, four instars in all.
IPM Ans✓✓✓ Uses organic best practices in agriculture along with chemicals and
synthetic compounds as a way to monitor pests.
Larva Ans✓✓✓ The aquatic feeding stage of immature mosquitos.
