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Disease
Vectors
Culex
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Behavior:
- Lay
eggs in rafts
- Larvae
tolerate highly organic and polluted water.
- Larvae
have siphones and swim by bending and straightening their
body.
- Adults
hold their body parallel to the surface of the skin.
- Adults
feed in the evening or early morning when its is dark.
It
is a vector for the following diseases
- West
Nile
- Japanese
encephalitis
- St.
Louis encephalitis
- Western
equine encephalitis
- Japanese
encephalitis
- Ross
River virus
- Murray
Valley encephalitis
- Rift
Valley fever
- Filariasis
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Aedes
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Behavior:
- Lay
eggs singly on surfaces above the water line that will
flood when it rains. A portion of the total eggs hatch
each time they are flooded.
- Larvae
are found in containers or tree holes containing water.
- Larvae
swim in an s-shaped or vermiform pattern.
- Adults
hold their body parallel to the surface of the skin.
- Adults
will feed voraciously during the daylight hours.
It
is a vector for the following diseases
- Yellow
Fever
- Dengue
Fever
- LaCrosse
- Chikeungunya
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Anopheles
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Behavior:
- Lay
their eggs singly on the water. These eggs have small
floats attached to the sides.
- Larvae
required relatively clean water.
- Larvae
lack siphon and swim in a similar fashion to Culex.
- Adults
hold the major axis of the body perpendicular to the surface
of the skin when blood-feeding.
- Adults
generally feed in the evening or early morning when it
is dark.
It
is a vector for the following diseases
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Practice
Questions |
If
you think you are ready to start collecting mosquitoes and their
larvae try testing yourself with these questions. |
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Practice
Questions |
If
you think you are ready to start collecting mosquitoes and their
larvae try testing yourself with these questions. |
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