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