Responses of three species of mosquito larvae to the presence of predatory dragonfly and damselfly larvae

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-29

  Roberts, Derek ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Crocothemis erythraea; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culex sinaiticus; Culicidae; Culiseta longiareolata; Diptera; Feeding behaviour; Ischnura evansi; Larval development; Predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDING; KAIROMONE; LARVA; MOSQUITO; MOVEMENT;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CROCOTHEMIS ERYTHRAEA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; DIPTERA; ISCHNURA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84865767641     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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