1,000 – 39,000 eggs per square foot in a mangrove swamp
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
1,000 – 39,000 Eggs per square foot In a mangrove swamp
FemaleMalePlumose (fuzzy) antennae Less plumose antennae
Elongated palpi Short Palpi (exception Anopholes)
Adult life span 1 week~ ~ Adult life span 4 weeks or more~ ~
Does not consume blood Consumes blood
in the world
in Lee County
are a pest problem
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Species - aegypti
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Arthropoda
Class - Insecta
Order - Diptera
Family - Culicidae
Genus* - Aedes
*Genus Is singular, Genera is plural
Aedes aegypti
Aedes albopictus
Aedes bahamensis
Disease transmission
500 million cases per year
approximately 3 million deaths
Fig. 16.10, p. 409
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Areas in which malaria hasdisappeared, been eradicated,or never existed
Areas with limited risk
Areas where malariaTransmission occurs
Yellow Fever
200,000 cases
30,000 deaths
Dengue
50 million cases
Dog Heartworm
Lymphatic Filariasis
endemic non-endemicuncertain
120 million affected
40 million incapacitated
Saint Louis Encephalitis
Florida Medical Entomology Lab
West Nile Virus Transmission Cycle
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.
West Nile Outbreak 20042,470 human cases *
88 Deaths
* reported cases to the Centers for Disease Control as of Jan 11,2005
40 cases in FL with 2 death
Research
Non-target Study using ABATE, Pine Island Florida
