Mosquito Surveillance EXAM QUESTIONS
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2025)
There are over #___ mosquito species in Georgia - Correct
Answers ✅60
There are over #__ mosquito species worldwide - Correct
Answers ✅3000
$___ are spent in Georgia to reduce mosquito nuisance and
disease effect - Correct Answers ✅125 million
Scientific name for the Black Saltmarsh Mosquito - Correct
Answers ✅Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus
Scientific name for the Brown Saltmarsh Mosquito - Correct
Answers ✅Ochlerotatus sollicitans
What county in Georgia has the largest mosquito control
program? - Correct Answers ✅Chatham
What is the scientific family for mosquitos? - Correct
Answers ✅Culicidae
What is the scientific order for mosquitos? - Correct
Answers ✅Diptera
,Georgia Category 41 Pest Control:
Mosquito Surveillance EXAM QUESTIONS
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2025)
What is the lifecycle of a mosquito? - Correct Answers
✅Egg - Larva - Pupa - Adult
What are the larva referred to as? - Correct Answers
✅wigglers
What are the pupa referred to as? - Correct Answers
✅tumblers
What is used to identify various mosquito species? - Correct
Answers ✅Scales and veins on wings
What is a signature characteristic of the male mosquito? -
Correct Answers ✅Bushy antennae and long palpi
What is a signature characteristic of the female mosquito? -
Correct Answers ✅Long proboscis with needle like stylets
3 Characteristics of the Toxorhynchitinae mosquito - Correct
Answers ✅*Eggs and larvae found in tree holes and
artificial containers w/ eggs resting on top of water
*Do not take blood meals
, Georgia Category 41 Pest Control:
Mosquito Surveillance EXAM QUESTIONS
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2025)
*Feed on other mosquito larvae
3 Characteristics of the Anophelinae mosquito - Correct
Answers ✅*Larvae does not have a siphon
*Larvae lie parallel to waters surface
*Permanent Pool species
3 Characteristics of the Culicinae mosquito - Correct
Answers ✅*Siphon always present in larvae
*No palmate hairs on larvae
*Lay at 45 degree angle to waters surface
Can eggs generally be used to classify mosquito species? -
Correct Answers ✅No
What are the body regions of the mosquito larvae? - Correct
Answers ✅*Head
*Thorax
*Abdomen
What is used to identify mosquito larvae? - Correct Answers
✅Structure and number of hairs