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The Mosquitoes of Illinois (Diptera, Culicidae)

open access: yesIllinois Natural History Survey Bulletin, 1947
Mosquitoes are midgelike insects of various sizes, some of them minute, some of them nearly a half inch long. They belong to the family Culicidae, which belongs to the order Diptera, embracing the common housefly and other two-winged flies. Mosquitoes have aquatic larvae called wiggle-tails, wigglers, or wrigglers, which transform to aquatic pupae ...
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Studies on mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and anthropic environment: 8- Survey of adult behaviour of Spissipes Section species of Culex (Melanoconion) in South-Eastern Brazil

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública
A study of Spissipes Section of Culex (Melanoconion) adults behaviour was carried out from August 1992 through December 1993 in human dominated (anthropic) environment in the Ribeira Valley, S.Paulo State, Brazil.
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini   +4 more
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Natural history of Belonuchus Nordmann spp. and allies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Heliconia L. (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae) flower bracts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Adults, and in some species larvae, of several members of Belonuchus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) and a few related genera seem to be to various degrees consistently associated with flower bracts of the genus Heliconia ...
Barrera, Roberto, Frank, J. Howard
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Conspecific and allospecific larval extracts entice mosquitoes to lay eggs and may be used in attract-and-kill control strategy. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
One of the strategies of integrated vector management is to lure gravid mosquitoes for surveillance purposes or to entice them to lay eggs in water containing toxins that kill the offspring (attract-and-kill or trap-and-kill).
Barbosa, Rosângela MR   +4 more
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Repellence and insecticidal activity mediated by necrosis in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes exposed to thymol

open access: yesArquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a major threat to public health because it spreads several arboviruses. Since this insect is an anthropophilic mosquito that has evolved to thrive in urban settings and is common in Brazil and other tropical nations ...
G.J. Nascimento   +4 more
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Identification and Frequency Distribution of Mosquito Species in Port Sudan, Eastern Sudan

open access: yesMedical Laboratory Journal, 2017
Background and Objective: This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the presence and frequency distribution of mosquito species in the city of Port Sudan, Sudan.
Huda Jomma Elkheer Jomma   +1 more
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Avaliação da influência da temperatura sobre o desenvolvimento de Aedes albopictus

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública
OBJETIVO: Verificar a influência da temperatura sobre os estágios de desenvolvimento de Aedes albopictus sob condições de laboratório. MÉTODOS: Foi avaliado o período de desenvolvimento dos estágios de ovo, larva e pupa em quatro temperaturas constantes ...
Daniéla Cristina Calado   +1 more
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