Effects of sublethal exposure to boric acid sugar bait on adult survival, host-seeking, bloodfeeding behavior, and reproduction of Stegomyia albopicta

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 464-468

  Ali, Arshad ^a   Xue, Rui De ^b   Barnard, Donald R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Anastasia Mosquito Control District   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Boric acid bait; Egg hatch; Fecundity; Fertility; Mosquitoes; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BORIC ACIDS; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; REPRODUCTION;

STEGOMYIA;

EID: 33750401546     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[464:EOSETB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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