Prevention of flies and mosquitos Flashcards

1
Q

Which fly characteristic is 4 equally broad, dark longitudinal stripes ?

A

house fly

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2
Q

what is the blow fly also known as ?

A

blue bottle or green bottle flies

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3
Q

what color are the abdomens of the blow fly ?

A

large metallic shining blue or green abdomens

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4
Q

which fly bodies and wings are densely cover with hair and will invade dwellings to bite man, evenings and night ?

A

sand fly

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5
Q

what disease does the sand fly transmit ?

A

bartonella
viral
protozoal

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6
Q

which fly fold their wings when resting, both sexes are blood suckers and are capable to transmitting trypanosomiasis ?

A

TSE TSE fly

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7
Q

what is the black fly characteristics ?

A

dark in color
stout body with short broad wings
females leaves large size bite wound

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8
Q

which fly is a transmitter of vectoring onchocerciasis, river blindness ?

A

black fly

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9
Q

which fly inflicts painful bites and transmit anthrax and tularemia

A

horse fly

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10
Q

house and blow fly problem may be best corrected by removing or ?

A

containing garbage onboard or by controlling any nearby breeding source ashore

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11
Q

which fly have short flight range so elimination of potential breeding site near an infested area will give good control

A

Sand fly

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12
Q

amount the methods of control such as aerosol space spray have also been effective for adult control on which fly

A

TSE TSE fly

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13
Q

black flies are effectively controlled by the application of what to streams where what form hasn’t develop yet ?

A

larvicides

immature

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14
Q

what is the characteristic of the aedes aegypti mosquito thorax and torso ?

A

lyre shaped silver white line on the thorax

white bands on the tarsal segment

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15
Q

which are the diseases that aedes aegypti transmit ?

A

dengue fever
yellow fever
tularemia
filarial nematodes

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16
Q

anopheles mosquito species have wings that are ___ and their bodies rest with their head, thorax and abdoman all in a straight line, helt at ?

A

spotted

40 or 90 degrees to the surface on which they are sitting

17
Q

which mosquito specie deposit the eggs in rafts or 100 or more eggs

A

culex eggs

18
Q

which disease is transmitted by the culex species

A

encephalomyelitis