Mosquitoes - culicidae

Question 1

What are some species of Mosquitoes?

Answer 1

• anopheles
• culex
• ades

Question 2

Where do mosquitoes lay their eggs?

Answer 2

• oon the surface of water
  
  • singly or as egg rafts - Culex
• hatching is temp dependent
  
  • can overwinter
• L1-L4 are all aquatic

Question 3

What is the pathogenesis of mosquitoes?

Answer 3

• females are blood feeders
• transmit:
  
  • Dirofilaria immitis (heartworm)
  • Arboviruses - E//W//V Encephalitis
  • Malaria

Question 4

How do you control mosquitoes?

Answer 4

• removal of breeding sites - drainage
• introduction of predatory fish marshy areas and rice fields (doesn’t help in areas where breeding takes place in small temporary bodies of water).
• environmental sprays
  
  • but this contaminates the land