Mosquitoes

Question 1

Anopheles gambiae s.s. feed on what mammal?

Answer 1

Humans

Question 2

Where do Anopheles gambiae ss rest?

Answer 2

Indoors

Question 3

Anopheles arabiensis:

A) What do they feed on?
B) Where do they rest?

Answer 3

A) feed on humans and mostly animals indoors and outdoors

B) rest indoors and outdoors

Question 4

Which of these diseases do anopheles transmit?

Dengue. Malaria. Filariasis. Chikungunya. West Nile virus. O’nyong nyong.

Answer 4

Malaria
Filariasis (all types)
O’nyong nyong

Question 5

What disease do Aedes aegypti transmit?

Answer 5

Dengue
Urban yellow fever
Chikungunya
Rift Valley fever

Question 6

Aedes aegypti

What do they feed on? When? Where?

Where do they rest?

Answer 6

Feed on humans. during the day. Indoors and outdoors.

Rest indoors

Question 7

What diseases do Aedes albopictus transmit?

Answer 7

Dengue

Chikungunya

Question 8

Aedes albopictus

A) what do they feed on?
B) when do they feed?
C) where do they feed?
D) where do they rest?

Answer 8

A) Humans
B) Daytime
C) indoors and outdoors
D) rest indoors

Question 9

Where are Aedes found?

Answer 9

Worldwide

Question 10

Where are Aedes found?

Answer 10

Worldwide

Question 11

Which Aedes transmits Wucheria bancrofti

Answer 11

A. Polynesiensis

Question 12

Anopheles feed at night. True or false?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

When do culex feed?

Do culex feed indoors, Outdoor or both?

Answer 13

Culex feed at night

Culex feed indoors and outdoors

Question 14

What diseases do culex transmit?

Answer 14

Japanese encephalitis
West Nile Virus
Filariasis
Rift Valley fever

Question 15

When and where do mansonia feed?

Answer 15

Feed at night

Outdoors

Question 16

Mansonia rest indoors. True or false?

Answer 16

False

Mansonia rest outdoors

Question 17

What diseases do mansonia transmit?

Answer 17

Brugia malayi (SE Asia)
Rift Valley fever
Wuchereria bancrofti

Question 18

I am a mosquito larvae. I have a piercing siphon. What type am I?

Answer 18

Mansonia

Question 19

How would you control Mansonia mosquitoes

Answer 19

Remove aquatic plants
Residual house spraying
Insecticide treated nets

Question 20

Typical breeding sites of Anopheles

Answer 20

Clear water pools
Rice fields
Leaf axils
Puddles

Question 21

How would you control Culex mosquitos?

Answer 21

ITNs
Space sprays
Larvicides
Improved drainage
Polystyrene balls

Question 22

Adult morphological differences between A. aegypti and A. albopictus

Answer 22

Albopictus - 1 white stripe on thorax

Aegypti - lyre pattern on thorax

Question 23

Where do culex lay their eggs?

Answer 23

Flooded rice fields
Marshes
Artificial containers
Drainage basins
Septic tanks

Question 24

Where do Anopheles lay their eggs?

Answer 24

Clear water pools
Rice fields
Leaf axils
Puddles

Question 25

When do culex feed? Do culex feed indoors, Outdoor or both?

Answer 25

Culex feed at night Culex feed indoors and outdoors

Question 26

What diseases do culex transmit?

Answer 26

Japanese encephalitis West Nile Virus Filariasis Rift Valley fever

Question 27

When and where do mansonia feed?

Answer 27

Feed at night | Outdoors

Question 28

Mansonia rest indoors. True or false?

Answer 28

False Mansonia rest outdoors

Question 29

What diseases do mansonia transmit?

Answer 29

``` Brugia malayi (SE Asia) Rift Valley fever ```

Question 30

I am a mosquito larvae. I have a piercing siphon. What type am I?

Answer 30

Mansonia

Question 31

How would you control Mansonia mosquitoes

Answer 31

Remove aquatic plants Residual house spraying Insecticide treated nets

Question 32

Typical breeding sites of Anopheles

Answer 32

Clear water pools Rice fields Leaf axils Puddles

Question 33

How would you control Culex mosquitos?

Answer 33

``` ITNs Space sprays Larvicides Improved drainage Polystyrene balls ```

Question 34

Adult morphological differences between A. aegypti and A. albopictus

Answer 34

Albopictus - 1 white stripe on thorax | Aegypti - lyre pattern on thorax

Question 35

Where do culex lay their eggs?

Answer 35

``` Flooded rice fields Marshes Artificial containers Drainage basins Septic tanks ```

Question 36

Where do Anopheles lay their eggs?

Answer 36

Clear water pools Rice fields Leaf axils Puddles