Relative abundance and seasonal distribution of adult mosquitoes in Southern Quebec.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1982

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

42

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

365-369

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - LePrince, D. J. and D. J. Lewis.

 

Abstract

The relative abundance and seasonal distribution of adult mosquitoes in southern Quebec, Canada, were studied using CDC light traps baited with carbon dioxide. Samples were collected twice a week from late May to early October 1977. Over 63,000 mosquitoes from 26 species in 7 genera were collected. Mansonia perturbans, Aedes aurifer and Anopheles walkeri were the most abundant, comprising 60%, 31% and 4% of the total collection respectively.

Notes

Author(s) - LePrince, D. J. and D. J. Lewis.