Game

Life Cycle and Behaviour of Pests - Part One
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Small water bodies (e.g. standing water in pot plant saucers) can generally breed:
   
   Mansonia uniformis
   Culex tritaeniorhynchus
   Anopheles sinensis
   Aedes albopictus
2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of mosquitoes?
   
   The body of mosquito larvae is divided into 3 regions: head, thorax and abdomen.
   Adult mosquitoes have scales on their wings.
   Mosquito larvae are legless.
   Mosquito larvae all have a pair of siphons on the dorsal part of the 9th abdominal segment.
3. The life cycle of Aedes albopictus is in the sequence of:
   
   Egg, nymph, larva, adult.
   Egg, nymph, pupa, adult.
   Egg, larva, pupa, adult.
   Egg, pupa, nymph, adult.
4. Larval mosquitoes have:
   
   One stage of development.
   Two stages of development.
   Three stages of development.
   Four stages of development.
5. Which of the following are the breeding grounds for Aedes albopictus?
   a. water-logged abandoned fields
   b. choked drains
   c. tyres with accumulation of water
   d. pitcher plants
   
   a, b
   b, c
   a, b, c
   a, c, d
6. Which of the following is a CORRECT description of the biology and characteristics of cockroaches?
   
   They prefer a dark, warm and humid environment and usually hide in cracks and crevices.
   They are active at day time.
   They have four life stages, viz. egg, larva, pupa and adult.
   They do not eat dead members of their own kind.
7. Which of the following species of rodents is commonly found in store rooms or tiny spaces?
   
   Sewer rats
   Roof rats
   House mice
   Rattus flavipectus
8. Which of the following creatures are insects?
   
   Centipedes
   Spiders
   Chironomids
   Mites
9. Which of the following creatures is not blood sucking?
   
   Fleas
   Horse flies
   Ticks
   Humpbacked flies
10. Which of the following is NOT a feature of wasps?
    
    Pollen basket
    Sting
    Chewing mouthpart
    Body divided into three regions: head, thorax and abdomen