Community Insect Management Category 7D Questions With Answers

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Adult Mosquitoes - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Elongated proboscis
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with piercing mouthparts.
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Female Mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Feed on the host's
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blood.


Male Mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Feed only on plant
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nectar.


Found only on Mosquitoes - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The
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presence of an elongated proboscis and scales on the veins of the
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wings.


Eggs - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Most hatch in 2 to 3 days.
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Wigglers - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Common name for
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mosquitoes in the larval stage; Hatch from the eggs and feed on bits
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of organic matter in the water.
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Mosquito Lifecycle - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔May be as short as
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10 days or as long as 7 months depending on environmental
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conditions.


Aedes Vexans - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The principal pest
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mosquito in Iowa. || ||




Aedes Vexan: Winter - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Overwinters in
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the egg stage.
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Culex Pipiens - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Over winters as an adult;
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transmits West Nile virus.
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Culex tarsalis - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Breeding areas include
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both clear and polluted water sources.
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Culex tarsalis: Winter - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Overwinters as
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an adult
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Ochlerotatus trivittatus: Winter - CORRECT || || || || ||



ANSWER(S)✔✔Overwinters in the egg stage. || || || ||