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Public Health (Florida Mosquito ID Exam) Questions and Answers
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Public Health (Florida Mosquito ID Exam) Questions and Answersthis Adult mosquitoes is small, black and white with distinct narrow white rings on the tarsi and on the proboscis. wings scales are all dark - Answer -Ae. Taeniorhynchus
breeds mostly in stagnant alkaline fresh water which has emergent or floating vegetation or debris. having four, more or less distinct spots on the wings. - Answer -
Anopheles Quadrimaculatus
Larvae found in permanent brackish to salt pools and marshes. The Adults, entirely brownish black, will attack man readily , even in bright daylight. not considered a disease vector. - Answer -Anopheles Atropos
Very large Species breeding in pools, ditches and occasionally in artificial containers. Late fall and winter breeders. prefers livestock but will attack man. - Answer -Culiseta Inornata
commonly breeds in flood-water. smaller purplish mosquito with conspicuously white tips on the hind legs. - Answer -Ps. Ferox
larvae usually found in water collected in rot cavities of trees, frequently occurs in artificial containers along with Ae. Aegypti and Ae. Albopictus. The Adult is dark with a conspicuous area of white shiny scales on each side of the thorax. - Answer -Ae. Triseriatus - (near their breeding place they will attack man during the day or early evening and their bites are painful and lasting.
commonly breeds in flood-water. very shaggy, black and yellow species - Answer -Ps. Ciliata - commonly called "Feather legged gallinipper"
Dark, medium-sized, species which has a distinct median pale stripe running the length of the thorax. lays eggs on damp soil and the larvae develop in the shallow pools following rainfalls. [readily bites, even in sunlight.] often found in association with (Ae. Infirmatus), which has a broader pale stripe that extents only about two-thirds the way back on the thorax. - Answer -Ae. Atlanticus
can be Identified by the single , silver, longitudinal line on the thorax and by the strong contrasting silver and jet black body coloration. - Answer -Ae. Albopictus - ("Asian Tiger Mosquito" )
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