Distribution of resting female Aedes vexans (meigen) in wooded and nonwooded areas of Metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 128-132

  Boxmeyer, Chris E ^a   Palchick, Susan M ^a,b  

^a Metropolitan Mosquito Control District   (United States)

^b Hennepin County Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans; Behavior; Daytime resting; Ecology; Habitat; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MOSQUITO; UNITED STATES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MINNESOTA;

EID: 0033144829     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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