Based on the text: FOR MOSQUITOES 1. Describe how the pest mates. 2. Describe the development of the offspring. 3. Compare the genetic relationship of the parent pest and its offpring. USE THE WORD: GENETIC IDENTICAL/DIFFERENT, GENETIC RECOMBINATION. 4. Predict what factors in the environment can be altered to stop the pest from reproducing.

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Based on the text: FOR MOSQUITOES 1. Describe how the pest mates. 2. Describe the development of the offspring. 3. Compare the genetic relationship of the parent pest and its offpring. USE THE WORD: GENETIC IDENTICAL/DIFFERENT, GENETIC RECOMBINATION. 4. Predict what factors in the environment can be altered to stop the pest from reproducing.
O Highlight in yellow how the pest mates
O Highlight in green environmental factors that promote pest reproduction
Part II
For EACH pest, write a paragraph about its
mating process and environmental factors that
influence reproduction.
1 point for each bullet for EACH pest (8 points total).
1 point for each vocabulary for EACH Pest (4 points total)
Total:
14 points
Mosquitoes Mating
Roaches Mating
Mosquitoes are small flying insects that feed on human and animal blood or American cockroaches engage in courtship rituals before mating. Females
plant juices. Only female mosquitoes bite to get a blood meal for their begin courtship by raising their wings, exposing their integral membranes,
growing eggs. Mosquitoes usually are considered a nuisance pest, but expanding their genital chambers and releasing a pheromone that attracts
occasionally they can transmit disease.
males. This stance is referred to as the calling position.
There are about 70 species of mosquitoes in New York State. Several Attracted males approach females and flap their wings to denote interest.
species can transmit eastern equine encephalitis (EEE, "triple E") and West Mating commences when a male cockroach backs into a female cockroach,
Nile virus (WNV). EEE and WNV are viral infections that can cause serious depositing sperm.
illness and even death.
After fertilization, a female American cockroach produces an egg case
Many mosquitoes lay their eggs in even small amounts of standing water known as an ootheca. Some species of cockroaches are ovoviviparous,
around the home. Eggs can develop in any standing water that remains which means they carry the ootheca inside their bodies. In a few species,
more than four days. Many mosquitoes breed in discarded tires. Weeds, tall the eggs grow inside the female's uterus without the aid of an ootheca. The
grass and shrubbery provide an outdoor home for adult mosquitoes. developing babies feed on the yolks of the eggs, just as those that grow
Mosquitoes also can enter houses, apartments and buildings through outside of their mothers do. Only one species of cockroach is viviparous,
unscreened windows and doors or through broken screens. Some meaning the babies develop inside the mother's uterus surounded by
mosquitoes are most active between dusk and dawn when the air is calm amniotic fluid. The young grow and develop just as the offspring
and the females are most likely to bite. However, other mosquitoes will feed mammals do until the mother gives birth. The female carries the ootheca on
her abdomen for a short time, usually a day or two. After that, she deposits
at any time of the day.
it in a warm humid location.
Nymphs emerge within 38 days and complete their development within six
to 12+ months. The life span of the American cockroach ranges from one to
1.5 years.
For EACH pest:
O Describe how the pest mates.
O Describe the development of the offspring.
Transcribed Image Text:O Highlight in yellow how the pest mates O Highlight in green environmental factors that promote pest reproduction Part II For EACH pest, write a paragraph about its mating process and environmental factors that influence reproduction. 1 point for each bullet for EACH pest (8 points total). 1 point for each vocabulary for EACH Pest (4 points total) Total: 14 points Mosquitoes Mating Roaches Mating Mosquitoes are small flying insects that feed on human and animal blood or American cockroaches engage in courtship rituals before mating. Females plant juices. Only female mosquitoes bite to get a blood meal for their begin courtship by raising their wings, exposing their integral membranes, growing eggs. Mosquitoes usually are considered a nuisance pest, but expanding their genital chambers and releasing a pheromone that attracts occasionally they can transmit disease. males. This stance is referred to as the calling position. There are about 70 species of mosquitoes in New York State. Several Attracted males approach females and flap their wings to denote interest. species can transmit eastern equine encephalitis (EEE, "triple E") and West Mating commences when a male cockroach backs into a female cockroach, Nile virus (WNV). EEE and WNV are viral infections that can cause serious depositing sperm. illness and even death. After fertilization, a female American cockroach produces an egg case Many mosquitoes lay their eggs in even small amounts of standing water known as an ootheca. Some species of cockroaches are ovoviviparous, around the home. Eggs can develop in any standing water that remains which means they carry the ootheca inside their bodies. In a few species, more than four days. Many mosquitoes breed in discarded tires. Weeds, tall the eggs grow inside the female's uterus without the aid of an ootheca. The grass and shrubbery provide an outdoor home for adult mosquitoes. developing babies feed on the yolks of the eggs, just as those that grow Mosquitoes also can enter houses, apartments and buildings through outside of their mothers do. Only one species of cockroach is viviparous, unscreened windows and doors or through broken screens. Some meaning the babies develop inside the mother's uterus surounded by mosquitoes are most active between dusk and dawn when the air is calm amniotic fluid. The young grow and develop just as the offspring and the females are most likely to bite. However, other mosquitoes will feed mammals do until the mother gives birth. The female carries the ootheca on her abdomen for a short time, usually a day or two. After that, she deposits at any time of the day. it in a warm humid location. Nymphs emerge within 38 days and complete their development within six to 12+ months. The life span of the American cockroach ranges from one to 1.5 years. For EACH pest: O Describe how the pest mates. O Describe the development of the offspring.
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