| occurrence of tire inhabiting mosquito larvae in different geographic regions of west virginia. | eleven species of mosquito larvae were collected in 568 collection visits to 209 abandoned tire pile sites in 33 west virginia counties from april through october of 2003. ochlerotatus j. japonicus supplanted the native oc. triseriatus as the most common tire-colonizing species in the state. in general, the exotic oc. j. japonicus was a better colonizer of tires than oc. triseriatus in peridomestic, sunlit conditions throughout the state, whereas both species were equally likely to colonize tire ... | 2005 | 16506562 |