A.K.A.
The Yellow Fever Mosquito
what is Ades aegypti?
You're likely to find this mosquito in irrigated corn fields. The adults can be problematic when the corn is cut.
What is Culex quinquefasciatus?
A common attractant for host seeking female mosquitoes.
What is CO2?
The number of square feet in one acre
What is 43,560 ?
This bacteria is an effective larvicide on a wide range of mosquito species. It works as a gut toxin with little to no residual activity.
What is Bti?
The Asian Tiger Mosquito
What is Aedes albopictus?
In California you're most likely to find the larvae of this species in tree holes.
What is Aedes sierrensis?
We use this type of trap to attract females that have mated and looking to lay eggs.
What is a gravid trap?
It is the minimum Pesticide Work Clothing & PPE required when applying pesticides in CA.
What are long sleeves, long pants, shoes & socks, safety glasses and waterproof gloves?
Insecticides in in this pesticide class block open the sodium channel in the insect's nervous system, ultimately resulting in paralysis and death of the insect.
What are Pyrethrins or Pyrethroids?
The Northern House Mosquito
What is Culex pipiens?
2 most likely species you'll find in an irrigated pasture.
What are Aedes nigromaculis and Aedes melanimon?
When comparing Aedes aegypti, Aedes allbopictus, and Aedes melanimon, this one usually has the most prominent single white "stripe" on the head and abdomen.
What is Aedes albopictus?
The result of multiplying Volume/acre x Acres/minute.
What is the application flow rate?
Insecticides in this pesticide class neutralize the enzyme that breaks down the acetylcholine neurotransmitters in the insect's nervous system.
What is an Organophosphate?
Also acceptable: What is a carbamate?
The Tule Mosquito
What is Culex erythrothorax?
In California this would be a primary vector of malaria.
What is Anopheles freeborni?
Nicknamed the Cattail Mosquito, larvae of this species have modified siphons that can pierce the hollow roots of submerged plant stems, allowing the larvae to attach and get oxygen from the plant.
What is Coquillettidia perturbans?
A very favorable condition for Ground ULV application in which air temperature increases with height.
What is a temperature inversion?
This is a synergist that inhibits an insect's cytochrome P450 enzymes that detoxify insecticides.
What is Piperonyl Butoxide (PBO) ?
The Eastern Treehole mosquito
What is Aedes triseriatus?
2 mosquito species you're most likely to find in rice fields.
What are Culex tarsalis and Anopheles freeborni?
Mosquitoes in this genus are commonly referred to as "Elephant Mosquitoes".
What is Toxorhynchites ?
For ground ULV applications it's usually never more than 30 microns.
What is the Dv50 ?
Also acceptable:
Volume Median Diameter (VMD)
Mass Median Diameter (MMD)
These two active ingredients for mosquito control are listed in the IRAC Mode of Action Classification Scheme Group 7: Juvenile hormone receptor modulators
What are Methoprene and Pyriproxyfen?