| survival of insects in the wheel bays of a boeing 747b aircraft on flights between tropical and temperate airports. | mosquitos (culex quinquefasciatus), house flies (musca domestica), and flour beetles (tribolium confusum) located in cages within the wheel bays of a boeing 747b aircraft, survived travel on the following normal commercial routes: sydney-melbourne; melbourne-singapore; singapore-bangkok; bangkok-singapore; and singapore-melbourne. survival of all three species was high, averaging 84% for mosquitos and higher for flies (93%) and beetles (>99%). although external temperatures were -42 degrees c to ... | 1987 | 3501345 |