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What family are mosquitoes in?

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Culicidae

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What order are mosquitoes in?

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Diptera (flies)

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Four distinct stages of mosquito life cycle

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Egg, larva,pupa, adult

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4
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Survival rate of immature mosquitoes to adult?

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5%

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Bionomics of mosquito

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The ecology, behavior and life history of an organism

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Adult

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Full-grown, sexually mature insect

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Adulticide

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An insecticide that is toxic to the adult stage of insects

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Anopheline

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Mosquito of the genus Anopheles

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Arbovirus

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A virus borne by an arthropod such as a mosquito

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Atomize

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To break up a liquid into very fine droplets

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Mosquito egg

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White, darken with 12-24 hr, single or laid in rafts

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Oviposition

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Egg laying

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Ovitrap

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A trap designed to attract females to deposit eggs

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Deposit eggs directly on the water surface

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Permanent water, standing water species, 1-4 days

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Deposit eggs on moist soil or wet substrates

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Floodwater and container-breeding species

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Substrate

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Any substance on which an organism is found, grows or feeds such as soil, manure etc

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Larvae, larva

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The form that hatches from the egg that under goes complete metamorphisis. After several molts that allow increase body size, the larva transforms into a different form (pupa) before reaching final form, adult.

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Metamorphosis

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Physiological process that causes the striking change in shape and structure that occur as an insect progresses from one stage in its life cycle to the next

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Molt

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Process of shedding the old exoskeleton

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Mosquito siphon

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On most species near the last abdominal segment, an air tube that serves as a respiratory apparatus when the larvae suspends vertically below the water surface.

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Respiratory of Anopheles

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Breathe through a cluster of small abdominal plates, causing them to lie flat close to the surface

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Predaceous larvae species

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Toxorhynchites rutilis, Psorophora ciliata- prey on invertebrates including mosquito larvae.

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Larvae eat

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Fliter feeders ingesting 10 micron or less

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Larvae development

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Depending on species and environment - 3 to 4 days to several weeks to complete larvae development. Mature 4th instar molt to pupa.

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Instar
Form of insect between molts
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Pupae, pupa
Immature stage between larva and adult in insects going through full metamorphosis.
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Piercing -sucking
One of the basic types of insect mouthparts. Mouth parts for piercing tissue to gain access to fluids such as blood (female mosquito)
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Respiratory pupae
Breathe through two "horns"
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Pupa development
Do not feed, transform to adult in two or more days
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Adult mosquito
Terrestrial, capable of flight, females piercing sucking mouth parts feed on blood and plant nectar. Male antennae have dense bristles and mouth parts to suck nectar and plant secretions. Some adults remain within a few hundred feet of where they were larvae; some adults migrate 50+ miles.
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Aquatic veg, water lettuce, water hyacinth, cattails
Coquillettidia perturbans, Mansonia dyari, Mansonia titillians
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Bromeliad and pitcher plants
Wyeomyia spp
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Larvae habitat categories
Standing water (permanent and transient), floodwater (natural and artificial containers and floodwater).
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Standing water species
Deposit eggs (single or raft) on the surface of permanent or transient pools. Usually produce several generations (broods) each year. Overwinter or survive harsh environments as mated, engorged females.
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Floodwater species
Deposit eggs out of water in locations subject to periodic flooding, such as damp soil, tree holes, crab holes, artificial containers. Produce one to several broods annually. Overwinter or survive harsh environment inegg stage.
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Standing water- permanent water group
Anopheles spp, Culex (Melanconium) spp, Culex salinarius, Culex territans, Coquillettidia spp, Mansonia spp
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Permanent, freshwater marsh
Anopheles walkeri, Anopheles crucians, Psorophora columbiae, Culex nigripalpus, Culex salinarius, Culex tarsalis, Culex erraticus, Culex peccator
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Permanent, lakes
Larvae found when many species of floating or emergent plants are present. When veg occurs in narrow band along shoreline, larvae are confined to this littoral zone. Anopheles crucians, Anopheles quadrimaculatus spp, Anopheles walkeri, Uranotaenia sappharina, Ur. Lowii, Culex salinarius, Culex nigripalpus, Culex erraticus, Culex peccator, Coquillettidia perturbans, Mansonia dyari, Mansonia titillians
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Permanent, ponds and seepage areas
Filled with rainwater or run-off. Anopheles crucians, Anopheles quadrimaculatus spp, Culiseta inornata, Culiseta melanura, Culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex restuans, Culex salinarius, Culex erraticus, Culex peccator, Culex pilosus, Culex territans, Ochlerotatus canadensis
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Permanent, seepage area
Anopheles punctipennis, Anopheles quadrimaculatus spp, Ochlerotatus sticticus, Psorophora ferox
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Permanent, springs
Anopheles quadrimaculatus, Anopheles perplexes
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Permanent, Swamp
Anopheles crucians, Anopheles quadrimaculatus spp, Culiseta melanura, Ochlerotatus canadensis, Mansonia spp, Coquillettidia perturbans
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Transient water group
Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex tarsalis, Culex restuans, Culiseta inornata, Culiseta melanura
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Transient, Salt or brackish water ditches
Many species of grasses support large mosquito fauna. Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus, Ochlerotatus sollicitans, Anopheles bradleyi
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Transient, borrow pits and canals
Man-made bodies of open water produce more mosquitoes as they silt and grow veg. Anopheles quadrimaculatus spp, Culiseta inornata, Psorophora columbiae, Ochlerotatus canadensis, Culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus , Culex restuans, Culex salinarius, Anopheles albimanus, Coquillettidia perturbans, Mansonia spp.
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Transient, Freshwater drainage ditches
Pastures, bottom road shoulders, lowlands. Psorophora columbiae, Culex nigripalpus, Culex pilosus, Culex erraticus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Anopheles crucians, Anopheles walkeri, Ochlerotatus atlanticus, Uranotaenia sappharina, Uranotaenia lowii, Psorophora ciliata, Ochlerotatus sollicitans.
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Floodwater group
Ochlerotatus sollicitans, Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus, Ochlerotatus tormentor/ atlanticus, Ochlerotatus thelcter, Ochlerotatus dorsalis, Ochlerotatus nigromaculis, Aedes vexans, Psorophora ferox, Psorophora columbiae
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Floodwater, Mangrove swamp
Transitional zone from normal high tide to above all but highest springs, heaviest mosquito breeding occurs. Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus, Ochlerotatus sollicitans, Anopheles atropos, Culex nigripalpus
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Floodwater, Salt marsh
Salt-tolerant herbaceous plants and slat grasses such as Distichlis spicata, Batis maritima, or Salicornia perennial. Black mangrove (Avicennia germinates) Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus, Ochlerotatus sollicitans
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Floodwater, Rain and Floodwater pools
Pools form breeding places for Psorophora, Aedes, and Ochlerotatus. Psorophora johnstonii, Psorophora pygnaea, Ochlerotatus atlanticus, Ochlerotatus bahamensis, Ochlerotatus dupreei, Ochlerotatus fullvus pallens, Ochlerotatus infirmatus, Ochlerotatus mitchellae, Ochlerotatus sticticus, Ochlerotatus tormentor, Aedes vexans, Aedes cinereus, Culex atratus, Culex pilosus, Culex nigripalpus

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