Mosquitos and other creatures

Question 1

When does the Aedes mosquito bite?

Answer 1

Daytime

Question 2

When does the Anopheles mosquito bite?

Answer 2

Night time

Question 3

List the key diseases Aedes mosquito transmits?

Answer 3

Dengue Fever
Yellow fever
Zika virus
Chikungunya

Question 4

Name the 3 most important/well known anopheles mosquitos? (3)

Answer 4

An. arabienses
An. gambiae
An. funestus

Question 5

What is the resting site /larval habitat/blood meal preference for the arabiensis?

Answer 5

Outdoor
Livestock
Small open sunlit eg hippo footprint

Question 6

What is the resting site /larval habitat/blood meal preference for the gambiae?

Answer 6

Indoor
Small open sunlit
Human

Question 7

What is the resting site /larval habitat/blood meal preference for the funestus?

Answer 7

Indoor
Swamp with vegetation
Human

Question 8

How can you recognise an Aedes mosquito?

Answer 8

Black and white striped

Question 9

What are the major conditions that the Culex mosquito transmits? (3)

Answer 9

JEV
WNV
Lymphatic Filiarisis

Question 10

What 2 mosquitos are the main vectors of arboviruses?

Answer 10

Aedes albopictus
Aedes Aegypti

Question 11

What is the major vector for Japanese Encephalitis?

Answer 11

Culex Tritaeniorhynchus

Question 12

What is Culex Pipiens the major vector of?

Answer 12

WNV and Lymphatic Filiariasis