Attraction of male mosquitoes to sound. [Review] [27 refs]

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1994

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

10

Series / Issue

Issue: 2 Pt 2

Pages

297-301

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Belton P.

 

Abstract

Early observations and experiments on the attraction of male mosquitoes are reviewed briefly. Our present inadequate knowledge of the physiology of sound receptors is summarized and some of the hypotheses to explain direction finding in flying male mosquitoes are discussed. Some of the field tests carried out to attract mosquitoes to traps with sound, alone or combined with other attractants, are described and the potential for using sounds in mass trapping or sterilizing and releasing mosquitoes is assessed. [References: 27]

Notes

Author(s) - Belton P.