Use of a modified Marchand cage to study mating and swarming behavior in Culex tarsalis, with reference to colonization.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1988

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

4

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

516-519

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Peloquin JJ.Asman SM.

 

Abstract

Selective pressures in laboratory rearing may account for the poor field mating of laboratory reared Culex tarsalis males. Previous studies of swarming behavior of field collected Cx. tarsalis had to be done in the field since such adults did not exhibit normal swarming in cages. Field collected individuals did not swarm normally nor mate effectively in cages. Normal swarming behavior by field collected mosquitoes, subsequent mating, and insemination were observed in a cage modified from a design by Marchand (1985). The use of such a cage could reduce one type of selective mating pressure involved in the colonization of mosquito species.

Notes

Author(s) - Peloquin JJ.Asman SM.