Effect of addition of calcium chloride to larval medium on survival of immature snow-melt Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae).

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1981

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

41

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

011-012

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Kardatzke, J. T.

 

Abstract

The addition of calcium chloride to larval medium was detrimental to the survival of immature snow-melt Aedes. Addition of 5000 ppm CACL2 to the larval medium was fatal to immatures of all 5 species. Tolerance for the heightened levels of calcium chloride varied between species.

Notes

Author(s) - Kardatzke, J. T.