Reduction of mosquito populations will, at least, reduce substantially the transmission of malaria disease. One potential method of achieving this reduction is the environmentally-friendly population control method known as the Sterile Insect Control (SIT) method. The SIT method has so far not been widely used against insect disease vectors, such as mosquitoes, because of various practical diff...

A significant increase in the number of reported cases of La Crosse virus (LACV) infections in eastern Tennessee has occurred in the last ten years. The objective of this study was to determine the abundance and habitat preferences of the potential vectors of LACV in this region. Adult host-seeking mosquitoes were collected using CO(2)-baited CDC light traps and a series of human-landing catche...

Wing length and protein content were compared in individual specimens of male and nonbloodfed, nongravid female mosquitoes. The following groups were tested: field-collected and colonized Aedes aegypti, field-collected Culex nigripalpus and Aedes vexans, and colonized Culex quinquefasciatus and Psorophora columbiae. The correlation coefficient varied from 0.91 in Ae. aegypti males to 0.98 in Ae...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Mosquitoes are abundant in warm, tropical and subtropical climates and linger in wet, damp, dark areas. There are 41 genera of mosquitoes; however 2 genera are implicated mostly in transmitting diseases to humans. These are Aedes and Anopheles [1]. The female Anopheles mosquito transmits malaria. The Aedes mosquito is distinguished physically from o...

References 1. Sweeney K, Cantwell M, Dorothy J. The collection of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus from Baltimore, Maryland. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 1988;4:381-82. 2. Donnelly J. Aedes aegypti in New Jersey. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 1993;9:238. 3. Bequaert J. Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, in Arizona. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 1946;41:157. 4. Murphy D. Collection ...

Mosquitoes collected in Germany in 2016, including Culex pipiens pipiens biotype pipiens, Culex torrentium and Aedes albopictus, as well as Culex pipiens pipiens biotype molestus (in colony since 2011) were experimentally infected with Zika virus (ZIKV) at 18 °C or 27 °C. None of the Culex taxa showed vector competence for ZIKV. In contrast, Aedes albopictus were susceptible for ZIKV but only a...

The attraction of mosquitoes to transmitted light from colored super-bright light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (100-nm bandwidth) was evaluated by comparison of capture numbers with and without carbon dioxide-baited (200 ml/min) Centers for Disease Control (CDC) traps. Traps with either colored LEDs or control lights were arranged in Latin square designs at 2 north central Florida woodland locations ...

Software for pattern recognition of the larvae of mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, biological vectors of dengue and yellow fever, has been developed. Rapid field identification of larva using a digital camera linked to a laptop computer equipped with this software may greatly help prevention campaigns.

The Cry48Aa/Cry49Aa binary toxin of Bacillus sphaericus was recently discovered by its ability to kill Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito larvae through a novel interaction between its two components. We have investigated the target specificity of this toxin and show it to be non-toxic to coleopteran, lepidopteran and other dipteran insects, including closely related Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes...

Field studies were conducted in the Upper Rhine Valley to determine the responses of mosquitoes to CDC traps baited with either CO2, octenol, light or paired combinations of these. Among eight mosquito species caught, the attractant effect on trap catches was studied in the four most abundant: Aedes vexans, Ae. rossicus, Ae. cinereus and Culex pipiens. Traps baited only with light or octenol ca...