On the bionomics of bromeliad-inhabiting mosquitoes. II. The relationship of bromeliad size to the number of immature Wyeomyia vanduzeei and Wy. medioalbipes.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1977

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

37

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

180-192

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Frank, J. H., G. A. Curtis and H. T. Evans.

 

Abstract

In Southern Florida the immature stages of the mosquitoes Wyeomyia vanduzeei Dyar and Knab and Wy. medioalbipes Lutz are found in water held in the leaf axils of bromeliads. As part of a study of the factors controlling mosquito population size we have examined the relationship between the size of bromeliads and the numbers of the immature stages of mosquitoes inhabiting them. Larger plants contain more mosquitoes, but the relationship differs in the different development stages of the insects and suggests density-dependent control of the numbers and rates of development of larvae.

Notes

Author(s) - Frank, J. H., G. A. Curtis and H. T. Evans.