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SEASONAL ACTIVITY AND ABUNDANCE OF THE ARBOVIRUS VECTOR CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS SKUSE NEAR ECHUCA, VICTORIA, IN THE MURRAY VALLEY OF SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA 1979‐1985
Author(s) -
Russell Richard C
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1986.11
Subject(s) - arbovirus , abundance (ecology) , vector (molecular biology) , ecology , culex , biology , population , geography , larva , virology , demography , virus , biochemistry , sociology , gene , recombinant dna
Summary Abundance of Culex annulirostris in a state forest near Echuca, northern Victoria, was sampled with a dry ice‐baited EVS trap from 1979 to 1985, generally on a fortnightly basis. The species regularly became active from October, the population reached peak abundance in mid summer and then declined to become undetectable from late May. Abundance varied between years, related to availability of larval habitats. The results confirm a pattern of seasonal activity in the Murray Valley that is relevant to arbovirus epidemiology and to vector control.