Suśruta on Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes

activity during sleep. Interestingly, the pattern of firing observed is specific to the song heard, suggesting that the neuronal activity carries with it information about the song itself. However, the quality of the juvenile’s song actually worsens after sleep, and improves only with practice the next day. Importantly, this effect is dependent upon sleep per se, as it is observed following day...

Mosquitoes

before, everything about mosquitoes?their zoological relations, their anatomy, histology and development; the systematic study of genera and species (about half the book) ; their role in the transmission of disease (120 pages) ; and sundry other matters, such as the destruction of adults and larvae, the making of collections; and a bibliography of 20 pages. The author is a professional Zoologis...

Effects of magnetic fields on mosquitoes.

Phylogenetically diverse organisms, including some insects, are able to detect and respond to magnetic fields comparable to the Earth's magnetic field. Because of their tremendous importance to public health, mosquitoes were tested for the presence of remanent ferromagnetic material indicative of a biological compass and also tested for behavioral responses to magnetic fields. Using a supercond...

Observations on spiracular behavior in Aedes mosquitoes.

Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes on the Galápagos Islands

Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes on the Galápagos Islands N. K. Whiteman et l. Short comm nicat on Establishment of the avian disease vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 (Diptera: Culicidae) on the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador NOAH KERNESS WHITEMAN, 1 * SIMON J. GOODMAN, 2 BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR, 3 TIM WALSH, 4 , 5 † ANDREW A. CUNNINGHAM, 2 LAURA D. KRAMER 6 & PATRICIA G. PARKER 1 1 Department ...