MOSQUITO
(Culicidae)
Mosquito Food Habits
Caused Diseases
1. Female mosquitoes suck blood for egg development
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2. Males and females eat flower nectar and fruit juice
Breeding sites
1. Elephant Foot Disease Caused by Filarial Worms
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2. Cikungunya Caused By Alphavirus
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3. Malaria Caused by Protozoan Parasites
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4. Dengue Caused By Dengue Virus
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Method of Control
1. Put the eggs in a clear water reservoir
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2. Usually lay eggs in swamps and lakes
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3. Put eggs in dirty water
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1. Prevention
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- Maintain cleanliness of the room
- Installing the Strip Curtain Device
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2. Sanitation
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- - Regularly drain the water container/tank
- Cover the water container/tank so that it does not become a nest
- Hoarding / burying unused items
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3. Treatment
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- Larviciding (giving the drug 'abate' on the surface of the water)
- Residual Spraying
- Cold Fogging
- Thermal Fogging
- Misting
1. Common Types of Mosquitoes
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- Aedes Sp.
Put the eggs in clear water
- Culex Sp.
Put the eggs in dirty water
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- Anopheles Sp.
Often lay eggs in swamps or lakes
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2. Life Cycle
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- Males live for approximately 7 days
- Females live approximately 14 days
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Types of Mosquitoes
