Laboratory evaluation of colored light as an attractant for female Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Anopheles quadrimaculatus, and Culex nigripalpus

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-389

  Burkett, Douglas A ^a   Butler, Jerry F ^b  

^a Range Operations Environmental ACC/DOPP HQACC Ranges Airfields and Airspace Ops ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractants; Color vision; Mosquito; Visual ecology; Visual spectrum

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; MOSQUITO; VISION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS;

EID: 31844437603     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)88[383:LEOCLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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