6-10 PREVENTION OF FLIES AND MOSQUITOS

Question 1

WHAT IS THE MOST WIDELY DISTRIBUTED INSECT OF IMPORTANCE TO MANKIND?

Answer 1

HOUSE FLY

Question 2

WHAT INSECT IS:

• GRAY IN COLOR
• GRAY THORAX
• 4 EQUALLY BROAD, DARK LONGITUDINAL STRIPES
• NON BITING/SPONGING MOUTHPARTS

Answer 2

HOUSE FLY

Question 3

WHAT CAN CARRY MANY DISEASE ORGANISMS OR CAUSE MYIASIS?

Answer 3

HOUSE FLY

Question 4

• ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLUE-BOTTLE OR GREEN BOTTLE FLIES

- LARGE METALLIC SHINING BLUE OR GREEN ABDOMENS

Answer 4

BLOW FLY

Question 5

WHAT ARE THE BLOW FLY LARVAE CALLED?

Answer 5

SURGICAL MAGGOTS

Question 6

THE LARVAE OF THE BLOW FLY CAN CAUSE?

Answer 6

MYIASIS

Question 7

WHICH INSECT IS THIS:

• ONLY FEMALES HAVE PIERCING MOUTHPARTS FOR SUCKING BLOOD
• WILL INVADE DWELLINGS IN THE EVENINGS AND NIGHT

Answer 7

SAND FLY

Question 8

THE DISEASE THESE FLIES TRANSMIT TO MAN ARE:

• BARTONELLA
• PAPPATACI FEVER
• LEISHMANIASIS

Answer 8

SAND FLY

Question 9

• FOLD THEIR WINGS IN A SCISSOR LIKE FASHION
• CHARACTERISTIC DISCAL CELL IN THE WING
• PROMINENT BITING MOUTHPARTS

Answer 9

TSE TSE FLY

Question 10

WHAT INSECT IS CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING TRYPANOSOMIASIS?

Answer 10

TSE TSE FLY

Question 11

WHAT INSECT IS:

• DARK IN COLOR
• STOUT BODY
• SHORT, BROAD WINGS
• LEAVES A LARGE BIT WOUND

Answer 11

BLACK FLY

Question 12

WHAT INSECT IS CAPABLE OF VECTORING ONCHOCERCIASIS (RIVCER BLINDNESS)?

Answer 12

-BLACK FLY

Question 13

WHAT INSECT HAS:

• POWERFUL WINGS
• INFLICT PAINFUL BITES

Answer 13

HORSE OR DEER FLY

Question 14

WHAT INSECT IS KNOWN TO VECTOR:

• ANTHRAX AND TULAREMIA
• TRYPANOSOMES
• LOA LOA/LOASIS/AFRICAN EYE WORM

Answer 14

HORSE OR DEER FLY

Question 15

• PREDILECTION FOR EYE SECRETIONS
• ATTRACTED TO WOUNDS, PUS, SEBACCEOUS SECRETIONS
• NO DISEASE SIGNIFICANCE, TROUBLESOME TO MAN

Answer 15

EYE GNATS

Question 16

CONTROL METHODS FOR HOUSE AND BLOW FLIES:

THE PROBLEM MAY BEST BE CORRECT BY:

Answer 16

• REMOVING OR CONTAINING GARBAGE

- CONTROLLING ANY NEARBY BREEDING SOURCES

Question 17

CONTROL METHODS FOR SAND FLIES

Answer 17

-ELIMINATE POTENTIAL BREEDING SITES NEAR INFESTED AREAS

Question 18

CONTROL METHODS FOR BLACK FLIES

Answer 18

-APPLICATION OF LARVICIDES TO THE STREAMS WHERE IMMATURE FORM ARE DEVELOPING

Question 19

• LYRE SHAPED SILVER-WHITE LINES ON THE THORAX

- WHITE BANDS ON THE TARSAL SEGMENTS

Answer 19

AEDES AEGYPTI

Question 20

WHICH INSECT TRANSMITS:

• DENGUE FEVER
• YELLOW FEVER
• TULAREMIA
• FILARIAL SPECIES

Answer 20

AEDES AEGYPTI

Question 21

• WINGS THAT ARE SPOTTED

- REST THEIR HEAD, THORAX, AND ABDOMEN IN A STRAIGHT LINE

Answer 21

ANOPHELES

Question 22

WHICH INSECT TRANSMITS MALARIA?

Answer 22

ANOPHELES

Question 23

• OCCUR IN TROPICAL REGIONS
• BREED IN QUITE WATER, SEWAGE
• EGGS DEPOSITIED IN RAFTS OF 100 OR MORE

Answer 23

CULEX

Question 24

WHICH INSECT TRANSMITS ENCEPHALOMYELITIS?

Answer 24

CULEX

Question 25

MOSQUITO CONTROL METHODS ARE CLASSIFIED AS BEING EITHER:

Answer 25

PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY

Question 26

WHAT ARE PERMANENT CONTROL METHODS FOR MOSQUITOS MEANT TO DO?

Answer 26

ELIMINATE BREEDING AREAS

Question 27

WHAT ARE PERMANENT CONTROL METHODS FOR MOSQUITOS MEANT TO DO?

Answer 27

KILL PRESENT POPULATION

Question 28

WHICH FLEA IS A ENDOPARASITE?

Answer 28

CHIGEO FLEA

Question 29

WHAT IS THE CHIEF VECTOR OF BUBONIC PLAGUE AND TYPHUS?

Answer 29

ORIENTAL RAT FLEA

Question 30

WHAT ARE THE GENERAL PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR FLEAS?

Answer 30

- AVOID INFESTED AREAS - WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING - INSECT REPELLANT

Question 31

WHEN APPLYING RESIDUAL SPRAYS AS EMULSIONS OR SUSPENSIONS ON FLOOR, RUGS, AND WALL SURFACES HOW HOW UP DO YOU SPRAY?

Answer 31

2 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR

Question 32

TREATMENT OF FLEA BREEDING AREA: | TO PREVENT ENTRIES INTO STRUCTURES, SPRAY THE FOUNDATION TO A HEIGHT OF?

Answer 32

2-3 FEET

Question 33

WHEN FLEA BORNE DISEASES ARE PRESENT, RAT BURROWS SHOULD BE DUSTED WITH AN _____ PRIOR TO CONDUCTING RODENT CONTROL MEASURES.

Answer 33

INSECTICIDE

Question 34

- IDENTIFIED BY HARD COVERING | * *WHAT IS HARD COVERING CALLED?**

Answer 34

HARD TICKS | -SCUTUM

Question 35

WHAT INSECT CAUSES: - LYME DISEASE - ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTER FEVER - TICK BORNE RICKETTSIOSES

Answer 35

HARD TICK

Question 36

- HIDES IN CRACKS, CREVICES OF HOUSE OR NESTS - COMES OUT AT NIGHT TO FEED - LACKS A SCUTUM

Answer 36

SOFT TICK

Question 37

WHICH INSECT CAUSES: | -BACTERIAL INFECTION THAT CAUSES A RECURRENT, "RELAPSING", FEVER WITH HEADACHE, MUSCLE AND JOINT ACHES, AND NAUSEA

Answer 37

SOFT TICK

Question 38

CONTROL METHODS FOR TICKS

Answer 38

- AVOID INFESTED AREAS - WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING - INSECT REPELLENT - REMOVE ALL TICKS FROM BODY - CLEAR VEGETATION - APPLY INSECTICIDE

Question 39

WHAT INSECT BURROWS INTO THE HORNY LAYER OF THE SKIN?

Answer 39

SCABIES OR ITCH MITE

Question 40

``` WHAT INSECT: -INFESTS DRY FOODS CAN CAUSE: -DERMATITIS -RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS -UTI -GI ISSUES ```

Answer 40

FOOD INFESTING MITES

Question 41

- LIVES WITHIN NESTS OF BIRDS AND RODENTS | - ONLY BITES MAN WHEN DEPRIVED OF NORMAL HOST

Answer 41

NEST INHIBITING MITES

Question 42

WHAT INSECT IS CAPABLE OF VECTORING RICKETTSIAL POX FROM MOUSE TO MAN?

Answer 42

HOUSE MOUSE MITE

Question 43

WHAT ARE THE THREE STAGES OF MITE MATURATION?

Answer 43

- LARVA - NYMPH - ADULT

Question 44

HOW MANY LEGS DO MITE LARVA HAVE? | ADULTS?

Answer 44

LARVA-6 | ADULTS-8

Question 45

WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR MITES ON MAN?

Answer 45

- ELIMITE | - HEAT STERLIZATION OF CLOTHING AND BEDDING

Question 46

- FLAT, REDDISH-BROWN, WINGLESS, SUCKING MOUTHPARTS - NOCTURNAL FEEDERS - BITES PRODUCE SMALL,HARD, WHITE SWELLINGS (WHEALS) - HIDE IN SEAM OF MATTRESS/BEDDING

Answer 46

BED BUGS

Question 47

WHERE DO YOU APPLY PESTICIDE FOR BED BUGS?

Answer 47

- SIDES/SEAMS OF MATTRESSES - RACKS - CORNERS OF BUNKS - EMPTY LOCKERS - SPRINGS - CANVAS BOTTOMS AND GROMMETS - STANCHIONS - BEHIND ALL EQUIPMENT CLOSE TO BULKHEADS