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Landing periodicity of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in Trinidad in relation to the timing of insecticidal space‐spraying
Author(s) -
CHADEE DAVE D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1988.tb00071.x
Subject(s) - diel vertical migration , biology , aedes aegypti , twilight , west indies , daylight , pyrethrum , aedes , biting , ecology , zoology , toxicology , veterinary medicine , larva , pesticide , history , ethnology , physics , astronomy , optics , medicine
. Diel landing periodicity (biting cycle) of domestic Aedes aegypti (L.) in Trinidad, West Indies, was monitored using human bait during January‐August 1980. The periodicity of females was predominantly diurnal (95.2% arriving during daylight or twilight) and bimodal, with consistent peaks at 06.00–07.00 and 17.00–18.00 hours. The diel periodicities at indoor and outdoor sites were virtually identical. Larger numbers of adults were collected outside than inside houses. It is recommended that the time of insecticidal ULV adulticiding should coincide with peaks in landing periodicity of the Ae.aegypti adults.