| facultative blood-feeding in the crabhole mosquito, deinocerites cancer. | 1. most of the female crabhole mosquitoes deinocerites cancer theobald entering bait traps had undeveloped ovaries. 2. nearly half of the d. cancer females that were captured in bait traps, but denied blood, were gravid following a 1 week holding period; they developed relatively small egg clutches autogenously (mean = 7.4 eggs per gravid female). 3. although both parous and nulliparous d. cancer females were captured exiting from crabholes, only parous females were attracted to and collected in ... | 1990 | 1983454 |
| detection of rna from a novel west nile-like virus and high prevalence of an insect-specific flavivirus in mosquitoes in the yucatan peninsula of mexico. | as part of our ongoing surveillance efforts for west nile virus (wnv) in the yucatan peninsula of mexico, 96,687 mosquitoes collected from january through december 2007 were assayed by virus isolation in mammalian cells. three mosquito pools caused cytopathic effect. two isolates were orthobunyaviruses (cache valley virus and kairi virus) and the identity of the third infectious agent was not determined. a subset of mosquitoes was also tested by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (r ... | 2009 | 19141845 |
| blood feeding patterns of mosquitoes: random or structured? | abstract: | 2010 | 20205866 |
| detection of flaviviruses and orthobunyaviruses in mosquitoes in the yucatan peninsula of mexico in 2008. | a total of 191,244 mosquitoes from 24 species were collected in the yucatan peninsula of mexico from january to december 2008, and tested for the presence of cytopathic virus by virus isolation in vero cells. eighteen virus isolates were obtained, all of which were orthobunyaviruses. these were identified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) and nucleotide sequencing as cache valley virus (n=17) and south river virus (n=1). a subset (n=20,124) of culex quinquefasciatus col ... | 2010 | 20370430 |
| universal primers for the amplification and sequence analysis of actin-1 from diverse mosquito species. | we report the development of universal primers for the reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) amplification and nucleotide sequence analysis of actin cdnas from taxonomically diverse mosquito species. primers specific to conserved regions of the invertebrate actin-1 gene were designed after actin cdna sequences of anopheles gambiae, bombyx mori, drosophila melanogaster, and caenorhabditis elegans. the efficacy of these primers was determined by rt-pcr with the use of total rna ... | 2010 | 20649132 |
| predicting the mosquito species and vertebrate species involved in the theoretical transmission of rift valley fever virus in the united states. | rift valley fever virus (rvfv) is a mosquito-borne virus in the family bunyaviridiae that has spread throughout continental africa to madagascar and the arabian peninsula. the establishment of rvfv in north america would have serious consequences for human and animal health in addition to a significant economic impact on the livestock industry. published and unpublished data on rvfv vector competence, vertebrate host competence, and mosquito feeding patterns from the united states were combined ... | 2014 | 25211133 |
| mosquito oviposition behavior and vector control. | the burden of gene transfer from one mosquito generation to the next falls on the female and her eggs. the selection of an oviposition site that guarantees egg and larval survival is a critical step in the reproductive process. the dangers associated with ephemeral aquatic habitats, lengthy droughts, freezing winters, and the absence of larval nutrition makes careful oviposition site selection by a female mosquito extremely important. mosquito species exhibit a remarkable diversity of ovipositio ... | 2016 | 27869724 |
| dataset for mosquito collections on big pine key, florida, usa. | the florida keys mosquito control district has deployed dry ice-baited light traps to monitor mosquito (diptera: culicidae) populations throughout the florida keys starting in 1998. american biophysics company traps were deployed throughout the year at the same collection point. traps were placed in the late afternoon and collected the following morning. common mosquitoes are the black salt marsh mosquito, aedes taeniorhynchus (wiedemann), the crabhole mosquito, deinocerites cancer theobald, the ... | 2019 | 31667279 |
| relative abundance of mosquito species (diptera: culicidae) on big pine key, florida, u.s.a. | species diversity of mosquito (diptera: culicidae) collections in carbon dioxide-baited light traps was investigated on big pine key, florida, from 2000 - 2004. twenty species of mosquitoes were collected during this study, the most commonly collected being anopheles atropos, culex bahamensis, deinocerites cancer, and ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus. ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus is the dominant species at this location. for most of the mosquito species, more individuals were collected during the "hig ... | 2005 | 16599171 |
| mosquito fauna of wilderness islands within the national key deer refuge and the great white heron national wildlife refuge, monroe county, florida. | dry ice-baited light traps, counts of mosquitoes biting and landing on technicians, and larval surveillance were used to determine mosquito species abundance on annette key, little knockem-down key, little pine key, raccoon key, and the water keys, all of which are located offshore, within the national key deer refuge and great white heron national wildlife refuge in monroe county, fl. due to the close proximity of these wilderness islands to the inhabited islands of the florida keys, it is impo ... | 2010 | 20649123 |
| north american wetlands and mosquito control. | wetlands are valuable habitats that provide important social, economic, and ecological services such as flood control, water quality improvement, carbon sequestration, pollutant removal, and primary/secondary production export to terrestrial and aquatic food chains. there is disagreement about the need for mosquito control in wetlands and about the techniques utilized for mosquito abatement and their impacts upon wetlands ecosystems. mosquito control in wetlands is a complex issue influenced by ... | 2012 | 23222252 |
| west nile virus-infected mosquitoes, louisiana, 2002. | human cases of west nile virus (wnv) disease appeared in st. tammany and tangipahoa parishes in southeastern louisiana in june 2002. cases peaked during july, then rapidly declined. we conducted mosquito collections from august 3 to august 15 at residences of patients with confirmed and suspected wnv disease to estimate species composition, relative abundance, and wnv infection rates. a total of 31,215 mosquitoes representing 25 species were collected by using primarily gravid traps and co2-bait ... | 2005 | 16229769 |
| mosquitoes infected with west nile virus in the florida keys, monroe county, florida, usa. | more than 30,000 mosquitoes in 22 species or species groups were collected from the florida keys, monroe county, fl, usa, in dry ice-baited light and gravid traps. dry ice-baited traps collected more mosquitoes than did gravid traps. west nile virus was detected in pools of anopheles atropos dyar & knab, deinocerites cancer theobald, and ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus (wiedemann). | 2003 | 12943117 |