7F MOSQUITO CONTROL STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A female mosquito takes a blood meal to:
Produce eggs.
The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are:
Head, abdomen and thorax.
Mosquito larvae are typically found in:
Shallow and still or stagnant water.
,The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is:
Anopheles.
Mosquito larvae breathe:
Through respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen.
Some mosquitoes lay their eggs:
On damp soil.
The number of mosquito species in MI is approximately:
Sixty (60).
A mosquito goes through four stages of development:
Egg, larva, pupa and adult.
The three classes of MI mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are:
Floodwater, permanent water and container/tree hole mosquitoes.
,Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are:
Midges.
The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms for La Crosse
encephalitis (CE group) are:
Children.
A "dead end host" is one that:
Is outside of the natural transmission cycle of the virus.
SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission cycle
involving several species of:
Wild birds.
Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for transmitting
the West Nile virus?
Culex pipiens.
The natural transmission cycle of La Crosse virus involves mostly:
Small mammals and Aedes triseriatus.
, The most important mosquito-borne diseases in MI are caused by:
Viruses.
Heartworm infection in dogs in MI is vectored by:
More than 25% of the mosquito species in MI.
EEE is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a severe central nervous system
disease in:
Horses and humans.
Jamestown Canyon virus affects what animal, causing the continued growth of the
virus?
Deer, specifically white-tailed deer. Isolated primarily from woodland Aedes
mosquitoes.
If human malaria resurfaced in MI, which mosquito group would you target for
control?
Anopheles.
EEE virus:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A female mosquito takes a blood meal to:
Produce eggs.
The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are:
Head, abdomen and thorax.
Mosquito larvae are typically found in:
Shallow and still or stagnant water.
,The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is:
Anopheles.
Mosquito larvae breathe:
Through respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen.
Some mosquitoes lay their eggs:
On damp soil.
The number of mosquito species in MI is approximately:
Sixty (60).
A mosquito goes through four stages of development:
Egg, larva, pupa and adult.
The three classes of MI mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are:
Floodwater, permanent water and container/tree hole mosquitoes.
,Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are:
Midges.
The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms for La Crosse
encephalitis (CE group) are:
Children.
A "dead end host" is one that:
Is outside of the natural transmission cycle of the virus.
SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission cycle
involving several species of:
Wild birds.
Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for transmitting
the West Nile virus?
Culex pipiens.
The natural transmission cycle of La Crosse virus involves mostly:
Small mammals and Aedes triseriatus.
, The most important mosquito-borne diseases in MI are caused by:
Viruses.
Heartworm infection in dogs in MI is vectored by:
More than 25% of the mosquito species in MI.
EEE is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a severe central nervous system
disease in:
Horses and humans.
Jamestown Canyon virus affects what animal, causing the continued growth of the
virus?
Deer, specifically white-tailed deer. Isolated primarily from woodland Aedes
mosquitoes.
If human malaria resurfaced in MI, which mosquito group would you target for
control?
Anopheles.
EEE virus:
