Prevention of Flies and Mosquitoes Flashcards

1
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What is the most widely distributed insect of importance to mankind?

A

House Fly

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House Fly disease importance

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(a) Vomit on food, then lap it up.
(b) Good mechanical vector.
(c) Habitually walks on organic filth.
(d) Can carry many disease organisms or cause myiasis

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3
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What fly is identifiable by their large metallic shining blue or green abdomens?
Also known as blue-bottle or green-bottle flies

A

Blow Fly

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Blow Fly Disease importance

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Although rarely a public health concern, their larvae (called surgical maggots) may cause myiasis.

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5
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Sand Fly transmittable diseases

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1) Bacterial (Bartonella).
2) Viral (Sand fly or pappataci fever).
3) Protozoal (Leishmaniasis).

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6
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What fly is Easily identified by the way they fold their wings when resting. (Scissor-like fashion)

A

TSE TSE Fly

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TSE TSE Fly Disease importance.

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Capable of transmitting trypanosomiasis.

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Black Fly Disease transmission

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) Capable of vectoring Onchocerciasis. River blindness.

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What Fly

  • Dark in color. Stout body with short, broad wings
  • Female species may feed on man as well as domestic and wild animals, leaving a large size bite wound.
A

Black Fly

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10
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What Fly
Robust insects with powerful wings.
Their size can range from that of a house fly to nearly 25 mm (1 inch) in length.
Inflict exceedingly painful bites

A

Horse or Deer Fly

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10
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What Fly
Robust insects with powerful wings.
Their size can range from that of a house fly to nearly 25 mm (1 inch) in length.
Inflict exceedingly painful bites

A

Horse or Deer Fly

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Horse or Deer Fly Disease transmission.

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1) Bacterial (anthrax and tularemia).
2) Protozoan (trypanosomes)
3) Helminthic (Loa loa) infections. Loiasis or African eye worm

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Eye Gnats Disease transmission.

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No significant disease occurrence. Mostly, troublesome for man

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13
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What Fly

  • Very small flies, given their name for their predilection for eye secretions.
  • They are also attracted to wounds, pus, and sebaceous secretions.
  • Annoying because of their persistent habit of swarming closely about the face.
  • They are able to abrade wound edges and the conjunctival epithelium with their mouthparts equipped with upturned spines designed as effective cutting instruments.
A

Eye Gnats

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14
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Control Methods for House Fly and Blow Fly

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  • The problem may be best corrected by removing or containing garbage onboard, or by controlling any nearby breeding source ashore.
  • Screens, Fans, Fly paper, Baited traps
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15
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Sand Fly Control Methods

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(1) Sand flies have a very short flight range, so elimination of potential breeding sites near
an infested area will give relatively good control within a limited area.
(2) Application of residual sprays with the equipment and dosages recommended for house
flies and mosquitoes is suitable for the control of sand flies.

16
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Black Fly control methods

A

(1) Application of larvicides to the streams
where the immature forms are developing.
(2) Personal protective measures are considered essential.
(3) Use of protective netting and fabric

17
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Horse or Deer Fly Control Methods

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(1) Control of these pests is difficult and frequently ineffective.
(2) Space applications of insecticides similar to those recommended for mosquito control may be effective under some conditions

18
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Because of diversity of habits among these flies and the practical absence of a freeliving larval form, they are difficult to control. What fly?

A

TSE-TSE Fly

19
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TSE-TSE Fly Control Methods

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(a) Traps.
(b) Natural enemies (biological control).
(c) Control of host game animals.
(d) Establishment of fly barriers.
(e) Aerosol space sprays have also been used effectively for adult control.

20
Q

Efforts to effectively control these species by the use of aerial and ground delivered sprays and aerosols have generally been unsuccessful.

A

Eye Gnats

21
Q

Mosquito control methods are classified as being either ______or______ depending
upon whether they are designed to eliminate breeding areas or simply to kill the present
population.

A

permanent or temporary

22
Q

Control methods for Mosquitoes

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(1) Drain standing water if possible.
(2) Dispose of artificial containers
(3) Treat water with larvicides

23
Q

Mosquitoes Personal protective measures.

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(1) Window screen
(2) Treated mosquito net
(3) Insect repellants
(4) Treated uniform
(5) Chemoprophylaxis

24
Q

Aedes Aegypti Characteristics.

A

Small, dark species that can be recognized by:

1) Lyre-shaped silver-white lines on the thorax.
2) White bands on the tarsal segments

24
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Aedes Aegypti Characteristics.

A

Small, dark species that can be recognized by:

1) Lyre-shaped silver-white lines on the thorax.
2) White bands on the tarsal segments

25
Q

Aedes Aegypti Egg habits

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Laid singly on the side of containers at or above the waterline.

26
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Aedes Aegypti Disease Transmission

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(a) Dengue fever.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Tularemia.
(d) Filarial nematode

27
Q

What mosquito? Have wings that are spotted
-They rest with their head, thorax, and abdomen all in a straight line, held at 40 or 90 degrees to the surface on which they are sitting.

A

Anopheles

28
Q

Anopheles Disease transmission.

A

Malaria

29
Q

Anopheles Egg laying habits

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Laid singly on the water surface and supported by lateral floats.

30
Q

What Mosquito?

  • Most occur in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
  • Breeds in quiet water of almost all types.
  • Eggs are deposited in rafts of 100 or more
  • Transmits Encephalomyelitis.
A

Culex Species