Mosquito Biology
This is the part of the mosquito body that fills up with blood.
Abdomen
This second stage of the mosquito life cycle must be in water in order to eat and grow.
Wear these to keep mosquitoes from biting your arms and legs.
long pants and long sleeves
A common sign that a person is infected with a virus that mosquitoes carry is this, which you can measure with a thermometer.
Fever
Only female mosquitoes suck blood, true or false?
true
This is how many eggs a female mosquito can lay at one time.
300 eggs
These are commonly found around our homes where mosquitoes can lay eggs.
man-made containers
DEET is a good example of this, which you should put on before going outside.
Repellent
This is what we call an animal that a mosquito can feed on.
Host
The entire Aedes mosquito life cycle—from an egg to an adult—only takes 21 days, true or false?
False! Only 7-10 days!
This is the reason female mosquitoes need to eat blood.
To produce eggs
These are examples of Natural containers.
stumps, puddles, lakes, ponds
If you find water in man-made containers around your yard, you should do this.
dump it out
True or False: There are common outbreaks of malaria in the United States.
False
This is how much blood a female mosquito can drink at a time.
up to 2-3 times her body weight.
This is the long, feathery organ on the mosquito’s head used to hear and smell.
Antenna
These are examples of man-made containers.
plastic containers, car tires, bird-feeders, baby pools, dog/cat food bowls
Containers of water like bird baths and pet bowls should be emptied this often so that mosquito larvae won’t have the chance to grow.
once a week
When traveling to an area where infected mosquitoes are known to be, you can sleep under one of these to prevent mosquito bites.
Bed net
Some people are more attractive to mosquitoes than others, true or false?
true!
This organ is used to pierce the skin and suck blood.
The proboscus
There are two water habitat types where mosquitoes like to lay their eggs: permanent water and this (a place where water gathers after rain or snow melts).
Flood water
Unlike DEET, picaridin, and IR3535, this is a natural repellent.
Oil of lemon eucalyptus
Animals and humans that cannot pass a virus back to another mosquito are called this.
Dead-end hosts
Mosquito activity is increased by this percentage during a full moon.
500%