Definitions Flashcards
Abdomen
The segmented hindmost part of the mosquito which includes the stomach and lungs.
Acaricide
An insecticide used to control ticks.
Adulticide
Control material that kills adult mosquitoes.
Adulticide
The suppression of adult mosquito populations.
Ae.
Genus abbreviation for Aedes.
Aedes triseriatus
The primary vector of La Crosse encephalitis.
Aedes vexans
The most numerous mosquito species in Minnesota.
American Mosquito Control Association
A not-for-profit organization of primarily professionals from the United States conducting mosquito control research and related activities.
An.
Genus abbreviation for Anopheles
Aquatic Invasive Species Pathway
The means and routes by which an invasive species is introduced to a new aquatic site.
Arbovirus
Arthropod-borne virus.
Arthropod
An invertebrate animal of the large phylum Arthropoda, such as an insect, spider, or crustacean.
Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti)
A control material (commonly applied to corn cob granules) that uses a soil bacterium to kill mosquito larvae.
Biological transmission
The process in which a pathogen is carried and replicates or develops within the vector’s body and then is transmitted into a susceptible host.
Biorational pesticide
Any type of pesticide active against pest populations, but relatively innocuous to non-target organisms and, therefore, non-disruptive to biological control.
Biting gnat
A common name for black flies.
Calibrate
To verify and/or adjust application equipment to accurately apply a predetermined or calculated amount of product per area unit.
Catch basin
Otherwise known as a storm drain, they are disgned to drain excess water from impervious surfaces such as streets and parking lots and often hold standing water.
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A national public health agency.
CO2 light trap
A device that lures adult female mosquitoes looking for a blood-meal by emitting light and carbon dioxide (a gas animals and people produce when they breathe).
Cold fogging
Also known as ULV, the application of an insecticide as a cold mist using a truck-mounted aerosol generator.
Co-infection
Infected with more than one disease agent at the same time.
Coquillettidia perturbans
An aggressive summer mosquito species that produces a single brood per season and unlike other mosquitoes, obtains its oxygen through the roots of plants.
Cq.
Genus abbreviation for Coquillettidia.
