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1,000 – 39,000 Eggs per square foot In a mangrove swamp

1,000 – 39,000 Eggs per square foot In a mangrove swamp. Adult life span 1 week. Adult life span 4 weeks or more. ~ ~. ~ ~. Female. Male. Plumose (fuzzy) antennae . Less plumose antennae. Elongated palpi. Short Palpi (exception Anopholes ). Does not consume blood.

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1,000 – 39,000 Eggs per square foot In a mangrove swamp

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  1. 1,000 – 39,000 Eggs per square foot In a mangrove swamp

  2. Adult life span 1 week Adult life span 4 weeks or more ~~ ~~ Female Male Plumose (fuzzy) antennae Less plumose antennae Elongated palpi Short Palpi (exception Anopholes) Does not consume blood Consumes blood

  3. There are approximately… 3,000 Species in the world 47 Species in Lee County of which, approximately 10 Species are a pest problem

  4. Kingdom - Animalia Phylum - Arthropoda Class - Insecta Order - Diptera Family - Culicidae Genus* - Aedes Species - aegypti *Genus Is singular, Genera is plural

  5. Aedes aegypti Aedes albopictus Aedes bahamensis

  6. Disease transmission

  7. Malaria 500 million cases per year approximately 3 million deaths

  8. NORTH AMERICA ASIA EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA AFRICA ASTRALIA Areas in which malaria has disappeared, been eradicated, or never existed Areas with limited risk Areas where malaria Transmission occurs Fig. 16.10, p. 409

  9. Yellow Fever 200,000 cases 30,000 deaths

  10. Dengue 50 million cases

  11. Dog Heartworm

  12. endemic non-endemic uncertain Lymphatic Filariasis 120 million affected 40 million incapacitated

  13. Saint Louis Encephalitis Florida Medical Entomology Lab

  14. West Nile Virus Transmission Cycle

  15. West Nile Encephalitis • Flu-like illness with abrupt onset • Moderate to high fever • Headache, sore throat, backache, fatigue • Rash • Acute aseptic meningitis or encephalitis • Most fatal cases >50 years old.

  16. West Nile Outbreak 2004 2,470 human cases * 88 Deaths * reported cases to the Centers for Disease Control as of Jan 11,2005 40 cases in FL with 2 death

  17. Research

  18. Non-target Study using ABATE, Pine Island Florida

  19. Mosquito Control

  20. Larva Adult

  21. Larvicide

  22. Adulticide

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