Effect of pasture burning on survival of Aedes mosquito eggs.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1980

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

40

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

012-015

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Wilder, W. H. and R. M. Takahashi.

 

Abstract

Burning dry dormant pasture grass was tested as a means of controlling the mosquitoes Aedes nigromaculis (Ludlow) and Aedes melanimon Dyar by destroying their eggs. Test plots containing Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) were ignited and allowed to burn. The method, however, did not significantly reduce mosquito larval production. Temperature measurements with heat sensitive, lacquered probes showed that lethal temperatures are often not attained near ground level where most eggs are deposited.

Notes

Author(s) - Wilder, W. H. and R. M. Takahashi.