A self-marking device for emergent adult mosquitoes

A self-marking device for emergent adult mosquitoes

A portable, tent-like device with powdered fluorescent pigment for marking emergent adult mosquitoes was evaluated in the field using Culex quinquefasciatus adults. The top of the device was equipped with cheesecloth partitions impregnated with the pigment. Eighty-six percent of the emergent adults...

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Published in:Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 86
Main Authors: Niebylski, M L, Meek, C L
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 1989
Subjects:
Animals
Culex
Culicidae
Entomology - instrumentation
Equipment Design
Female
Fluorescence - instrumentation
Polyvinyl Chloride
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Summary:A portable, tent-like device with powdered fluorescent pigment for marking emergent adult mosquitoes was evaluated in the field using Culex quinquefasciatus adults. The top of the device was equipped with cheesecloth partitions impregnated with the pigment. Eighty-six percent of the emergent adults passed through the partitions, and all were marked.
ISSN:8756-971X