Field comparison of bermuda-hay infusion to infusions of emergent aquatic vegetation for collecting female mosquitoes

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-123

  Burkett Cadena, Nathan D ^a   Mullen, Gary R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Bermuda hay; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culex restuans; Gravid trap; Infusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYNODON; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; CYNODON; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; TIME FACTORS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX RESTUANS; CYNODON DACTYLON; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; JUNCUS EFFUSUS BRUNNEUS; RHYNCHOSPORA CORNICULATA; TYPHA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 34548052464     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2007)23[117:FCOBIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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