Seed pods of the carob tree ceratonia siliqua are a favored sugar source for the mosquito aedes albopictus in coastal Israel

Acta Tropica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-239

  Müller, Günter C ^a   Xue, Rui De ^b   Schlein, Yosef ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Anastasia Mosquito Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Ceratonia siliqua; Culicidae; Israel; Mediterranean; Mosquitoes; Seedpods; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

COASTAL ZONE; FEEDING; MOSQUITO; SUGAR;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT CONTROL; ISRAEL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PLANT TISSUE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUGAR INTAKE; SUMMER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISRAEL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SEASONS;

ISRAEL;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CULICIDAE;

EID: 77957749075     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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