Author: Adena Mary Why
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781267731791
Category : Constructed wetlands
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
The ovipositional responses of female Culex tarsalis to semiochemicals produced by aquatic organisms in three aquatic guilds (predaceous insects, algivorous fish and predatory/larvivorous fish) were examined in laboratory choice assays. Previous binary choice trials have shown that female mosquitoes avoid laying eggs on water that contains fish exudates and will instead choose to oviposit on water without kairomones released by fish. Culex tarsalis was not deterred from ovipositing in cups containing semiochemicals from invertebrate predators and algivorous fish, but was deterred from ovipositing in cups containing arroyo chub semiochemicals.