Influence of vegetation on the spatial distribution of Toxorhynchites moctezuma ovipositions in the field.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1991

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

7

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

126-128

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Jordan S.Hubbard SF.

 

Abstract

The influence of the vegetation surrounding black-painted calabash ovitraps on the number of eggs of the mosquito Toxorhynchites moctezuma they attracted was investigated using oviposition data gathered from a seasonal-deciduous forest in Trinidad, West Indies. More eggs were laid into ovitraps situated either within or directly adjacent to trees or bamboo stools than those not associated with trees or bamboo. This result is discussed in terms of the initial oviposition-site searching behavior of female Toxorhynchites.

Notes

Author(s) - Jordan S.Hubbard SF.