Cues of mosquito host finding and oviposition site selection

.............................................................................................12 Introduction..........................................................................................13 Cues of larval food.................................................................................16 Cues of mosquito immature stages................................................................22 Cues of mosquito predators........................................................................25 Synthetic compounds that affect mosquito oviposition.......................................28 Conclusion............................................................................................30 Chapter 2: Gravid females of the mosquito Aedes aegypti avoid oviposition on m-cresol in the presence of the deterrent isomer p-cresol....................................32 Abstract...............................................................................................33 Introduction..........................................................................................34 Materials and methods.............................................................................38..............................................................................................33 Introduction..........................................................................................34 Materials and methods.............................................................................38 Results................................................................................................43 Discussion...........................................................................................49 Chapter 3: Different repellents for Aedes aegypti against blood-feeding and oviposition.................................................................................................53 Abstract...............................................................................................54 Introduction..........................................................................................55..............................................................................................54 Introduction..........................................................................................55 Materials and methods.............................................................................57