A technique for drying eggs of Anopheles stephensi and its effect on their viability after storage at 4 c.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1978

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

38

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

583-586

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Tubergen, T. A., T. P. Breaud and F. McConnell.

 

Abstract

A simple apparatus is described for drying mosquito ova. Eggs of Anopheles stephensi Liston dried by this method and maintained at 4C retained 50% viability following storage for 5 days, permitting increased flexibility in mosquito colony operations.

Notes

Author(s) - Tubergen, T. A., T. P. Breaud and F. McConnell.