A Novel Autocidal Ovitrap for the Surveillance and Control of Aedes aegypti
Autor: | Andrew J. Mackay, Manuel Amador, Roberto Barrera |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
Předmět: |
Veterinary medicine
Mosquito Control Oviposition Polyacrylamide Acrylic Resins Aedes aegypti Ovitrap Article chemistry.chemical_compound stomatognathic system Aedes parasitic diseases Botany Animals Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Larva biology fungi Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine biology.organism_classification chemistry Insect Science embryonic structures Hay Female |
Zdroj: | Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 29:293-296 |
ISSN: | 1943-6270 8756-971X |
Popis: | We describe an inexpensive autocidal ovitrap for Aedes aegypti that uses cross-linked polyacrylamide (PAM) gel as the oviposition substrate. Aedes aegypti females readily laid eggs on PAM gel that had been hydrated with either hay infusion or water. Aedes aegypti larvae that hatched from their eggs desiccated on the surface of the PAM gel. We tested the effects of gel hydration, texture, and type of attractant on trap performance, and compared the capture rates of standard ovitraps with those of PAM gel ovitraps in the field. The results showed that the number of eggs did not vary over a range of gel hydration levels (40-100%) and that more eggs were recovered from ovitraps containing coarse gel than from those containing homogenized gel. The PAM gel hydrated with hay infusion was more attractive to gravid female mosquitoes than gel hydrated with water. In the field, the number of eggs recovered from autocidal ovitraps with PAM gel was similar to that recovered from standard ovitraps with hay infusion. |
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