Differential attraction of Aedes albopictus in the field to flowers, fruits and honeydew

Acta Tropica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-49

  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; Attraction; Culicidae; Flowers; Fruits; Honeydew; Israel; Mediterranean; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FRUIT; HONEYDEW; MOSQUITO; SUGAR;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BUDDLEJA DAVIDII; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERIOBOTYRA JAPONICA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FICUS CARICA; FLOWER; FRUIT; HONEY; INSECT CONTROL; LOQUAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPUNTICA FICUS; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; POLYGONUM BALDCHUANICUM; POLYGONUM EQUISETIFORME; POMEGRANATE; PROSOPIS FARCTA; RASPBERRY; RUBUS SANCTUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SUGAR INTAKE; TAMARIX CHINENSIS; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS; ZIZIPHUS SPINA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWERS; FRUIT; MALE;

ISRAEL;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; APHIDIDAE; BUDDLEJA DAVIDII; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; CULICIDAE; ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA; FICUS CARICA; JAPONICA; LYTHRACEAE; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM EQUISETIFORME; PROSOPIS FARCTA; PUNICA GRANATUM; RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS SANCTUS; TAMARIX CHINENSIS; VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS; ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 79952739429     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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