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Entomology Flashcards

1
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What genus of mosquito deposits it’s eggs attached together to form rafts that floats on water?

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Culex

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Where do mosquito larvae develop?

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In water

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What percentage of adult mosquito are typically make?

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50

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What sex of mosquito has bushy antennae?

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Male

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5
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Which organisms does the AF consider “Pests”

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Grown wrong place at wrong time

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What’s “Integrated pest management?”

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Combination of control techniques to prevent or suppress pest

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What form of pest control relies on changing the environment?

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Cultural

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What’s “mechanical” pest control?

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Using methods to kill or separate Arthropods from their food source

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9
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Who may use “restricted use” pesticides

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Certified applicator or someone under the supervision of a certified member

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Which type of pesticides had a low toxicity for mammals and is widely replacing all other types of pesticides?

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Pyrethoids

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What’re the goals of the medical entomology program?

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Prevent and control vector borne diseases by eliminating disease vectors, reservoirs, blocking transmission of reservoirs

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12
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What instruction outlines the pest management program for the base CE?

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AFI 32-1053

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13
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What instruction outlines the AF’s medical enthology program

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AFI 48-102

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14
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Who establishes the surveillance frequencies for disease vectors?

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Aerospace, medicine council

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What’re the primary PH tasks during an aerial spray mission?

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Educating public and Pre/Post treatment vector surveillance

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What’re the BE responsibilities in the medical entromology program?

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Monitors aquicition, storage, environmental impact

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17
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What’s Taxonomy?

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Science of classification

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18
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What’s the next lower subdivision of a phylum?

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Class

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19
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What subdivision comes after order?

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Family

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20
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In most cases, what’s the last major division in the classification system?

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Species

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21
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What’s the stuff outer skeleton in arthropods called?

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Exoskeleton

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What’re the four stages of complete metamorphosis?

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Egg, larva, pupa, adult

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23
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What’s a written insect key?

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Brief description of anatomical features used to ID insects

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24
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What’s the most common species of mouse?

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House Mouse

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What do the droppings(feces) of a house mouse look like?

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Small, rod shaped

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What’s the largest and most common domestic rat?

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Norway Rat

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27
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What’re the three color patterns found in roof rats?

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Black to slate gray, grayish white belly

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28
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What’s the best control method for long-term control of rodents?

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Cultural & Mechanical

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29
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What’re the five ways flies spread diseases?

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Mouthparts, vomitus, body hairs, sticky part of feet, feces

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30
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What’s the most effective fly control measure?

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Dropper Sanitation/eliminate breeding places

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31
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In what insect order are fleas classified?

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Siphonaptera

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32
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What diseases are fleas responsible for transmitting?

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Plague, endemic typhus

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33
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How’s murine typhus (endemic typhus) fever transmitted to humans?

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By the flea bite/ when a flea or rodent louse feces are scratched into an open wound or inhalied

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34
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What’re two major groups of ticks?

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Hard and soft

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35
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To which of the two major groups does the American dog tick belong?

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Hard

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36
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What’re the four major groups of diseases that are spread by ticks?

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Rickettsial bacteria, spirochete bacteria, other bacteria and virus

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37
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What’s meant by “transovarial transmission” of pathogens?

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Pathogens are passed from infected adult to eggs

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38
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What’s the most effective method of removing ticks?

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Small tweezers, forced far away form mouth by pulling in a upward with even pressure

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39
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What stage are chiggers in when they feed on humans and animals?

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Larval

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40
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What’re the two major groups of diseases transmitted by mites?

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Scrub typhus & Rickettsial Pox

41
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What species of mite transmits scrub typhus?

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Chigger

42
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Which noted burrow and live in human skin?

A

Scables

43
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What’s the most abundant species of cockroach in the US?

A

German

44
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What color are German cockroaches?

A

Pale yellowish brown or tan

45
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Where are American cockroaches most often found?

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Commercial establishments

46
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Why are Oriental cockroach populations at a somewhat lower rate?

A

Reproduce at a slower rate & other species

47
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What’s the most effective method of control for cockroaches m?

A

Denying access to food or moisture

48
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How many venomous snakes are there in the US?

A

More than 20

49
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What’re the five basic types of venom that Arthropoda and snakes produced?

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Vesicating toxin, hemnorraghic toxin, Hempolytic Toxin, Neurotoxin and uncating toxin

50
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What three thing do venomous arthropods do to cause pain and swelling?

A

Bite, sting, produce fluids

51
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What type of venom produced blisters on the skin?

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Vesicsting toxin

52
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What’s the one control method that’s effective against all venomous arthropods?

A

Avoidance

53
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What’re the common names for the three distinct varieties of life that affect humans?

A

Head, body and crab or pubic lice

54
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What’s the most medically important louse?

A

Body louse

55
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How are pathogens for typhus and trench fever spread from lice to humans?

A

Bacteria-Laden decal dropping are scratched into the bite/ wound or stuck to fingers

56
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How are bacteria of relapsing fever spread from lice to humans?

A

Crushed lice that are rubbed into a wound or into mucous membranes or conjunction.

57
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What’s the most effective method of prevention for all lice?

A

Education

58
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What are the two major categories of flies?

A

Biting flies and filth flies

59
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To which of the two major groups of flies does a sand fly belong?

A

Biting

60
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What mosquito genera are the two primary of encephalitis in Conus?

A

Culex and Aedes

61
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What’s the most common mosquito-borne disease in Conus?

A

West Nike encephalitis

62
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Which encephalitis group included Snowshoe Hare, LaCrosse, and Jamestown Canyon viruses?

A

California

63
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What’re thought to be the most common reservoirs of WNV, SLE, EEE, WEE?

A

Wild Birds

64
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What’s another name for dengue fever?

A

Break Bone Fever

65
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What genus of mosquitoes transmits dengue fever?

A

Aedes

66
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What’re three control measures for dengue fever?

A

Education, vector, avoidance, environmental clean up

67
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What’re the symptoms of yellow fever?

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Fever, headache, backache, Juandice, internal bleeding

68
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What are the five species of malaria?

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P.Dalcipanum, P.Vivax, P.Malane, P.Ovale,P.Knowlosi

69
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What’re the three stages of malaria?

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Cold,hot,profuse sweating.

70
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What’s the incubation period for falciparum malaria

A

10-18 days

71
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What form of malaria can cause rapid death if left untreated?

A

Falciparum Malaria

72
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What forms of malaria have relapses?

A

Vivax, malaria, ovale

73
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What Chemoprophylaxis for malaria is typically prescribed for flight crew?

A

Malorone, Doxyaclene

74
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What should you complete prior to establishing or revitalizing your surveillance program?

A

Conduct a baseline entomology survey

75
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What’re the important things to emerge when locating the adult mosquito traps on base?

A

Locate them between populated areas, breeding sources

76
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What device is used to collect live specimens in adult mosquito traps?

A

A net

77
Q

What does the SSAM trap use to attract mosquitoes?

A

Light, CO2 or light and CO2

78
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What’re the advantages of a CO2-baited trap over a light-baited SSAM trap?

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CO2 traps attract more spaces or mosquitos, large numbers of mosquitoes or female mosquitoes

79
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Why would you operate a CO2-baited trap during daylight hours?

A

Catch specifies of mosquitoes that are active in the late morning/early evening

80
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Generally, when should you sample larval mosquito collection sites?

A

Weekly

81
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What two mosquitoes species are collected primarily by it’s an ovitrap?

A

Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus

82
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What’s a TI?

A

Average number of females caught per trap night

83
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What’s an STI?

A

Andrade population of a specific species/ particular group of mosquitoes caught per night

84
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What’re the four types of mosquito control?

A

Cultural, mechanical, chemical and biological

85
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What’s one of the best mosquito cultural control methods?

A

Filling low lying wet areas with gravel and dirty to eliminate breeding sites

86
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What’re the two methods of chemical control used on adult mosquitoes?

A

Residual treatment and fogging

87
Q

Which organisms does the AF consider “pests”?

A

Grow wrong place at wrong time

88
Q

What’s “integrated pest management”?

A

Combination of control techniques to prevent or suppress pests

89
Q

What form of pest control relies on changing the environment?

A

Cultural

90
Q

What’s “mechanical” pest control

A

Using methods to kill or separate arthropods from their food source

91
Q

Who may use “restricted use” pesticides?

A

Certified applicator or someone under supervision of a certified applicator

92
Q

Which type of pesticides had a low toxicity for mammals and is widely replacing all other types of pesticides?

A

Pyrethoids

93
Q

What’re the goals of the medical entomology program?

A

Prevent and control vector-borne diseases by eliminating disease vectors, reservoirs, blocking transmission of reservoirs

94
Q

What instruction outlines the pest management program for the base civil engineer?

A

AFI 32-1053

95
Q

What instruction outlines the AF Medical Entomology Program?

A

AFI 48-102

96
Q

Who establishes the surveillance frequencies for disease vectors?

A

Aerospace medicine council

97
Q

What’re primary PH tasks during an aerial spray mission?

A

Educating public and pre/posh treatment vector surveillance

98
Q

What’re the BE responsibilities in the medical entomology program?

A

Monitors aquiction, storage and environmental impact

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