Laboratory Evaluation of the Predation Efficacy of Native Australian Fish on Culex annulirostis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2004

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

286-291

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Timothy P. Hurst, Michael D. Brown, Brian H. Kay

 

Abstract

The introduction and establishment of fish populations can provide long-term, cost-effectivemosquito control in habitats such as constructed wetlands and ornamental lakes. The redation efficacy of 7native Brisbane freshwater fish on 1st and 4th instars of the freshwater arbovirus vector Culex annulirostris wasevaluated in a series of 24-h laboratory trials. The trials were...

Notes

Author(s) - Timothy P. Hurst, Michael D. Brown, Brian H. Kay