Mosquito Trivia FaceOff What does a female mosquito

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Mosquito Trivia Face-Off

Mosquito Trivia Face-Off

What does a female mosquito use to pierce the skin? Answer

What does a female mosquito use to pierce the skin? Answer

Why do female mosquitoes need blood? Answer

Why do female mosquitoes need blood? Answer

What do male mosquitoes feed on? Answer

What do male mosquitoes feed on? Answer

What part of the mosquito’s body do their legs attach to? Answer

What part of the mosquito’s body do their legs attach to? Answer

What part of the mosquito body fills up with blood? Answer

What part of the mosquito body fills up with blood? Answer

What is the process of development from immature to adult mosquito called? Answer

What is the process of development from immature to adult mosquito called? Answer

What is the third stage of a mosquito’s life cycle? Answer

What is the third stage of a mosquito’s life cycle? Answer

What is the long feathery organ used to hear and smell? Answer

What is the long feathery organ used to hear and smell? Answer

What is essential for mosquitoes to complete their life cycle? Answer

What is essential for mosquitoes to complete their life cycle? Answer

What is an example of a natural container where mosquitoes breed? Answer

What is an example of a natural container where mosquitoes breed? Answer

What type of habitat has water sources present for long periods of time? Answer

What type of habitat has water sources present for long periods of time? Answer

What type of habitat has water sources that alternate between wet and dry? Answer

What type of habitat has water sources that alternate between wet and dry? Answer

What do mosquitoes use to find a host when they get closer to the

What do mosquitoes use to find a host when they get closer to the host? Answer

What is a normal predator of mosquito larvae? Answer

What is a normal predator of mosquito larvae? Answer

What is the nickname for the larva stage of the mosquito? Answer

What is the nickname for the larva stage of the mosquito? Answer

What is the nickname for the pupa stage of the mosquito? Answer

What is the nickname for the pupa stage of the mosquito? Answer

How many species of mosquitoes are currently found in Maine? Answer

How many species of mosquitoes are currently found in Maine? Answer

How many eggs do females usually lay at one time? Answer

How many eggs do females usually lay at one time? Answer

What is an example of a man-made container that can collect water? Answer

What is an example of a man-made container that can collect water? Answer

How often should you empty standing water so that mosquito larvae won’t have time

How often should you empty standing water so that mosquito larvae won’t have time to complete their life cycle? Answer

What is the man-made container that is the most common breeding site for mosquitoes

What is the man-made container that is the most common breeding site for mosquitoes around the home? Answer

What type of shirt will lower your chances of getting bitten by a mosquito?

What type of shirt will lower your chances of getting bitten by a mosquito? Answer

What clothes that you wear on your bottom half will lower your chances of

What clothes that you wear on your bottom half will lower your chances of getting bitten by a mosquito? Answer

What agency should mosquito repellent be approved by? Answer

What agency should mosquito repellent be approved by? Answer

Name one repellent that is approved for use on skin? Answer

Name one repellent that is approved for use on skin? Answer

What repellent is approved for use on clothing? Answer

What repellent is approved for use on clothing? Answer

Which repellent is a natural repellent? Answer

Which repellent is a natural repellent? Answer

Name one symptom of EEE, JCV, or WNV? Answer

Name one symptom of EEE, JCV, or WNV? Answer

How do mosquitoes detect a human they want to bite from far away? Answer

How do mosquitoes detect a human they want to bite from far away? Answer

What is one of the mosquito-borne disease endemic in Maine? Answer

What is one of the mosquito-borne disease endemic in Maine? Answer

Where in the US is EEE found? Answer

Where in the US is EEE found? Answer

Where in the US is WNV found? Answer

Where in the US is WNV found? Answer

What is the term for a host that cannot transmit the virus to others?

What is the term for a host that cannot transmit the virus to others? Answer

What is the term for an organism that transmits the pathogen from one animal

What is the term for an organism that transmits the pathogen from one animal to another? Answer

What is the term for an animal that a mosquito can feed on? Answer

What is the term for an animal that a mosquito can feed on? Answer

When are mosquitoes that can carry EEE, JCV, and WNV most active? Answer

When are mosquitoes that can carry EEE, JCV, and WNV most active? Answer

What is the process called when a bird infects a mosquito that can then

What is the process called when a bird infects a mosquito that can then infect another bird? Answer

What role does a bird play in the transmission cycle? Answer

What role does a bird play in the transmission cycle? Answer

What role does a mosquito play in the transmission cycle? Answer

What role does a mosquito play in the transmission cycle? Answer

What role does a human or horse play in the transmission cycle? Answer

What role does a human or horse play in the transmission cycle? Answer

How many stages does the life cycle of a mosquito consist of? Answer

How many stages does the life cycle of a mosquito consist of? Answer

If you are infected with a mosquitoborne illness, how long will it take for

If you are infected with a mosquitoborne illness, how long will it take for symptoms to appear? Answer

If you are infected with a mosquito-borne illness, how long do symptoms usually last?

If you are infected with a mosquito-borne illness, how long do symptoms usually last? Answer

What is the treatment for mosquito-borne illness? Answer

What is the treatment for mosquito-borne illness? Answer

Abdomen Back

Abdomen Back

Proboscis Back

Proboscis Back

Plant nectar Back

Plant nectar Back

Pupa Back

Pupa Back

To lay eggs Back

To lay eggs Back

Thorax Back

Thorax Back

Antenna Back

Antenna Back

Metamorphosis Back

Metamorphosis Back

Water Back

Water Back

Spots between branches of trees or holes formed in trees where water collects, puddles.

Spots between branches of trees or holes formed in trees where water collects, puddles. Back

Permanent water Back

Permanent water Back

Flood water Back

Flood water Back

Heat, moisture, or vision Back

Heat, moisture, or vision Back

Fish, birds, or dragonflies Back

Fish, birds, or dragonflies Back

Wigglers or wrigglers Back

Wigglers or wrigglers Back

Tumblers Back

Tumblers Back

45 Back

45 Back

50 -300 Back

50 -300 Back

Tires, buckets, flower pots, pet bowls, catch basin, bird baths. Back

Tires, buckets, flower pots, pet bowls, catch basin, bird baths. Back

At least once per week Back

At least once per week Back

Old or unmounted tires Back

Old or unmounted tires Back

Long sleeved shirt Back

Long sleeved shirt Back

Long pants Back

Long pants Back

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Back

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Back

DEET, IR 3535, Picaridin, Oil of lemon eucalyptus Back

DEET, IR 3535, Picaridin, Oil of lemon eucalyptus Back

Permethrin Back

Permethrin Back

Oil of lemon eucalyptus Back

Oil of lemon eucalyptus Back

Headache, fever, vomiting, feeling tired, encephalitis, meningitis, stiff neck, paralysis, seizures Back

Headache, fever, vomiting, feeling tired, encephalitis, meningitis, stiff neck, paralysis, seizures Back

Carbon dioxide, which we exhale when we breath Back

Carbon dioxide, which we exhale when we breath Back

EEE, JCV, WNV Back

EEE, JCV, WNV Back

EEE is typically found on the east coast Back

EEE is typically found on the east coast Back

Throughout the continental U. S. Back

Throughout the continental U. S. Back

A dead-end host Back

A dead-end host Back

Vector Back

Vector Back

A host Back

A host Back

Dawn and dusk Back

Dawn and dusk Back

Amplification cycle Back

Amplification cycle Back

A host Back

A host Back

A vector Back

A vector Back

A dead-end host Back

A dead-end host Back

Four stages Back

Four stages Back

3 -18 days after infection Back

3 -18 days after infection Back

1 -2 weeks Back

1 -2 weeks Back

No treatment, only support Back

No treatment, only support Back