MDARD MICHIGAN MOSQUITO CONTROL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH COMLETE SOLUTIONS

MDARD MICHIGAN MOSQUITO
CONTROL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH COMLETE
SOLUTIONS
A female mosquito takes a blood meal to:
a. Feel full
b. Produce eggs
c. Obtain viruses necessary for her survival - ANS ✔✔✔b.
Produce eggs
The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are:
a. Head, abdomen and legs
b. Proboscis, head and thorax
c. Head, abdomen and thorax - ANS ✔✔✔c. Head,
abdomen and thorax
Mosquito larvae are typically found in:
a. Fast-running streams
b. Shallow and still or stagnant water
c. The sediments of large lakes - ANS ✔✔✔b. Shallow
and still or stagnant water
The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as
the proboscis is:
a. Aedes
b. Culex
c. Anopheles - ANS ✔✔✔c. Anopheles
Mosquito larvae breathe:
a. Through respiratory openings near the tip of the
abdomen
b. Through gills located just behind the head
c. By surfacing and gulping air with their mouths - ANS
✔✔✔a. Through respiratory openings near the tip of the
abdomen
Some mosquitoes lay their eggs:
a. On damp soil
b. On their hosts (birds or mammals)
c. On agricultural crops (e.g., corn plants) - ANS ✔✔✔a.
On damp soil
The number of mosquito species in Michigan is
approximately:
a. More than 100
b. 80
c. 60 - ANS ✔✔✔c. 60
A mosquito goes through four stages of development:
a. Egg, larva, pupa and adult
b. Egg, first instar, larva and pupa
c. Larva, pupa, nymph and adult - ANS ✔✔✔a. Egg, larva,
pupa and adult
The three classes of Michigan mosquitoes, based on
breeding sites, are:
a. Floodwater, permanent water and storm water breeders
b. Floodwater, permanent water, and container/tree hole
mosquitoes
c. Temporary pond, lake and marsh, and floodwater
mosquitoes - ANS ✔✔✔b. Floodwater, permanent water,
and container/tree hole mosquitoes
Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are:
a. Stable flies
b. Midges
c. Deer flies - ANS ✔✔✔b. Midges
Which potential pathogens contracted from mosquitoes
are most concerning in Michigan? - ANS ✔✔✔West Nile
virus (WNV), St. Louis encephalitis (SLE), La Crosse
encephalitis (LAC) and eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
What order do mosquitoes belong to? - ANS ✔✔✔Diptera
What family do mosquitoes belong to? - ANS
✔✔✔Culcidae
The three egg laying patterns - ANS ✔✔✔- eggs laid
singly on the water surface
- eggs glued together to form rafts that float on the water
surface
- eggs laid singly out of the water
Anopheles eggs... - ANS ✔✔✔have lateral extensions that
serve as floats.
Culex eggs... - ANS ✔✔✔Culex, Culiseta, Coquillettidia
and Uranotaenia species glue individual eggs together to
form floating rafts of up to 300 eggs or more.
Aedes eggs... - ANS ✔✔✔The eggs of Aedes, Psorophora
and Orthopodomyia species are deposited individually out
of the water, and they are adapted to withstand
desiccation (being dry) until the area is later flooded and
the eggs hatch.
Siphon - ANS ✔✔✔An air tube