Starved Larvae of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Render Waters Unattractive to Ovipositing Conspecific Females

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1087-1090

  Zahiri, Nayer ^a   Rau, Manfred E ^a   Lewis, David J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Attraction repellency; Conspecific; Oviposition preference; Starvation

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0001605039     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.5.1087     Document Type: Article

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