Maine Biting Fly & Tick Exam Prep – ID UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Maine Biting Fly & Tick Exam Prep – ID
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
If a tick transmitted disease causing organisms from the blood of one host to the next they are
called what _______________ of the disease? - CORRECT ANSWER- Vectors
What is the common name for Ixodes Scapula...
Maine Biting Fly & Tick Exam Prep – ID
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
If a tick transmitted disease causing organisms from the blood of one host to the next they are
called what _______________ of the disease? - CORRECT ANSWER- Vectors
What is the common name for Ixodes Scapularis? - CORRECT ANSWER- Blacklegged Tick
or Deer Tick
Ixodes Scapularis is a vector of what disease? - CORRECT ANSWER- Lyme
All ticks found in maine belong to a group known as? - CORRECT ANSWER- Hard ticks
Name the 4 lifecycle stages of the hard tick - CORRECT ANSWER- Egg, six legged larva,
eight legged nymph, eight legged adult
What must a tick do in order to progress to the next life stage? - CORRECT ANSWER- Feed
on blood
How many eggs can one female lay at one time? - CORRECT ANSWER- 6,000
What is the term for when a tick is perched and seeking a host? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Questing
What is the maximum survival time for an on unfed adult dog tick? - CORRECT ANSWER-
1,000 days
The ________ host life cycle Is the most common pattern of development? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Three
larvae molt to what stage? - CORRECT ANSWER- Nymph
, Nymph molts to what stage? - CORRECT ANSWER- Adult
In the three host lifecycle, the larvae and nymphs typically feed on what smaller animals? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Rodents, birds
The three host life cycle may take how long to complete? - CORRECT ANSWER- Years
Adult male Deer Tick is what color? - CORRECT ANSWER- Very dark brown, almost black
Adult female Deer Tick is what color? - CORRECT ANSWER- Two toned, dark chestnut
brown on head and legs, orange red on the rear half
How big is the nymph tick? - CORRECT ANSWER- Pinhead
How big is the adult Deer tick? - CORRECT ANSWER- 2 to 3 mm long
The deer ticks life cycle requires at least two years to complete. True or false - CORRECT
ANSWER- True
Nymphs from whom most people acquire Lyme disease are active during what times of year?
- CORRECT ANSWER- Late spring and summer
Most control efforts are targeted at what stage? - CORRECT ANSWER- Nymph
Latin term for Lyme disease? - CORRECT ANSWER- Borrelia burgdorferi
How do larvae and nymph stage ticks become infected with the Lyme bacterium? -
CORRECT ANSWER- By feeding on infected white footed mice, chipmunks, certain species
of bird
In Maine, the adult tick population in certain sites may be more than what ________
percentage infected? - CORRECT ANSWER- 50%
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