6.10 Prevention of Flies and Mosquitos Flashcards
(28 cards)
Which fly vomits on food and laps it up?
House fly
What is the most widely distributed insect of importance to mankind?
house fly
How long does the pupa stage of the house fly last?
4-5 days
What is the identifiable characteristics of blow fly?
identifiable by their large metallic shinning blue or green abdomens
Which fly do only females have piercing mouth parts for sucking blood?
sand fly
Which fly folds their wings in a scissor like fashion?
TSE fly
Fly in which both genders are bloodsuckers?
TSE fly
Which fly causes onochocerciasis (river blindness)?
black fly
Which fly causes anthrax and tularemia?
horse or deer fly
Which fly has a short flying range?
sand fly
Which mosquito has lyre-shaed silver-white lines on the thorax?
Aedes Aegypti
Which mosquito lay eggs singly on the side of containers at or above the water line?
Aedes Aegypti
Which mosquito transfers malaria?
Anopheles
Which mosquito transfer yellow fever?
Aedes Aegypti
Which mosquito lays eggs in rafts of 100 or more?
Culex
Which mosquito lays eggs singly on the water surface and supported by lateral floats?
Anopheles
What diseases can the house fly carry?
Many diseases
What diseases can the blow fly carry?
larvae (surgical maggots) may cause myiasis
What diseases can the Sand Fly carry?
Bacterial (Bartonella)
Viral (Pappataci Fever)
Protozoal (leishmaniasis)
What diseases can the TSE TSE fly carry?
Trypanosomiasis
What diseases can the black fly carry?
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
What diseases can the Horse fly/Deer fly carry?
Bacterial (anthrax or Tularemia)
Protozoan (Trypanosomiasis)
Helminthic (Loa Loa) infections
What disease can Eye Gnats carry?
no significant disease occurrence
What diseases do Aedes Aegypti carry?
Dengue Fever
Yellow Fever
Tularemia
Filarial Nematodes
