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How mosquitoes fly to man
Author(s) -
Nishimura Masahiko
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
population ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1438-390X
pISSN - 1438-3896
DOI - 10.1007/bf02515589
Subject(s) - attraction , aedes albopictus , biology , range (aeronautics) , sampling (signal processing) , ecology , zoology , larva , physics , detector , optics , aedes aegypti , philosophy , linguistics , materials science , composite material
Summary A model is presented to estimate the mosquito density and radius ( r ) of the attraction range of man as the bait. Man walked to a spot in the woods and sampled mosquitoes flying to him with a net continuously. The arrival pattern was constant in each mosquito species, and in all species, the number of mosquitoes sampled per five min became constant after ten minutes sampling. The mosquitoes gathered to man were composed of D : those waiting alight, I : those intruding the attraction range and F : those following man to the spot. They were estimated by means of continuous sampling sets and densities of D and I were calculated. r s of female and male of A. albopictus and A. japonicus were 4.0, 5.6 and 9.0 m respectively. In these species, most individuals were D , although, in T. bambusa all individuals were I , flying to search for hosts. How mosquitoes and hosts encounter, is discussed.