Michigan Mosquito Control 7F Questions and Answers 100% Correct
Question : egg, larva, pupa, adult
Correct answer: The four distinct stages of mosquito
development
Question : There are ----- species of mosquitoes present in
Michigan
Correct answer: 60
Question : Some of these species deposit their eggs on damp
soil.
Correct answer: Aedes and Psorophora
Question : Larvae breeding sites usually include water that is:
Correct answer: stationary or very slow moving
Question : All larvae are:
Correct answer: air breathers
Question : Culicinae (Aedes, Culex, Psorphora, etc.) except
Coquillettidia hang at an -------- from the surface with the tip of their air tube inserted into the surface film.
Correct answer: angle
Question : Coquillettidia obtain air by inserting their air tubes
into hollow roots of aquatic plants and
Correct answer: never need to go to the surface to breathe.
Question : Adult stage mosquitoes have three distinct body
parts.
Correct answer: head, thorax and abdomen
Question : The ----- -segmented palpi originate at the lower
front of the head near the proboscis and vary in size and shape. In female Anopheles, they are about the same length as the proboscis and straight-sided.
Correct answer: five
Question : Only females take a blood meal, utilizing the
protein from blood to
Correct answer: produce eggs
Question : Michigan has 3 classes of mosquitoes grouped on
the basis of larval habitats (breeding sites) and life history.
Correct answer: permanent water mosquitoes, floodwater
mosquitoes, and artificial container/tree hole mosquitoes
Question : Midges and crane flies
Correct answer: These insects are commonly confused with
mosquitoes.
Question : Floodwater mosquitoes have two groups
Correct answer: summer floodwater and spring floodwater
Question : The most important mosquito-borne diseases in
Michigan are caused by these.
Correct answer: Viruses
Question : St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) and West Nile (WN)
disease
Correct answer: Caused with a natural transmission cycle
involving several species of wild birds (sparrows and starlings) and mosquitoes.
Question : The causative agent of this is a protozoan parasite,
and a filarial worm causes dog heartworm.
Correct answer: Malaria
Question : Major vectors of WN and SLE in the United
States.
Correct answer: Members of genus Culex
Question : Some vertebrates do not develop a high enough
level of a virus in their blood to transmit to another vertebrate.
Correct answer: Dead-end host
Question : This is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a
severe central nervous system disease in horses and humans.