Response of adult mosquitoes to light-emitting diodes placed in resting boxes and in the field

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-291

  Bentley, Michael T ^a   Kaufman, Phillip E ^a   Kline, Daniel L ^b   Hogsette, Jerome A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Culicidae; Resting box; Vision; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

AEDES INFIRMATUS; AEDES VEXANS; ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS; COQUILLETTIDIA; COQUILLETTIDIA PERTURBANS; CULEX ERRATICUS; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULICIDAE; PSOROPHORA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOR; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; LIGHT; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 73349137042     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/08-5815.1     Document Type: Article

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