Concentrator, Mosquito Larvae.

Abstract

An improved portable immature mosquito concentrator system was developed and evaluated under laboratory and field conditions. In laboratory tests using 2500 Culex pipiens Linnaeus immatures, 99.8 percent of the specimens were captured by the concentrator system. When Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedmann) immatures were used, 93.7 percent of the specimens were captured. Excluding first instar larvae, the system caught 99.9 percent of the 5000 specimens used in the combined test. During field evaluation of the system, the contents of 100 dips made in a salt marsh habitat were concentrated into 10 collection and storage vials. Of 6083 Aedes sollicitans (Walker) collected larvae, 100 percent of the specimens were captured by the improved immature mosquito concentrator system. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 24, 1978
Accession Number
ADA064211

Entities

People

  • Donald P. Driggers
  • H. Bruce Cranford
  • James T. Kardatzke
  • Ray E. Parsons
  • Robert E. Desrosiers

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research and Development Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accumulators
  • Assembly
  • Biomedical Research
  • Connectors
  • Diameters
  • Disease Vectors
  • Field Conditions
  • Habitats
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Materials
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Standards
  • Storage Tubes
  • Surveillance
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Software Engineering
  • Vector-Borne Disease and Entomology