Longevity and age of mosq.

Question 1

nulliparous

Answer 1

mosquitoes that have never oviposited
tightly coiled tracheolar skeins
cannot transmit malaria because not been infected with plasmodium yet

Question 2

Parous

Answer 2

mosquitoes that have taken a blood meal and oviposited at least once
extended tracheoles

Question 3

measuring adult survival - Polovodova method

Answer 3

disect ovary to reveal dilations which are indicators of the number of times a female has blood fed and developed its ovaries

Question 4

measuring adult survival - Detinova’s method

Answer 4

expansion of tracheolear skeins

Question 5

alternative methods for vector ageing

Answer 5

gas chromatography

near infrared methods -scan mosq