Subsoil Drain Sumps are a Key Container for Aedes aegypti in Cairns, Australia

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2004

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

365-369

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Brian L . Montgomery, Scott A. Ritchie, Alistair J. Hart, Sharron A. Long, Ian D. Walsh

 

Abstract

The contribution of subterranean drain sumps to pupal and adult populations of Aedes aegyptiis reported for the lst time in Cairns, Australia. Pupal surveys were used to quantify the relative contributionof drain sumps to the total population of Ae. aegypti by concurrent survey of sump and...

Notes

Author(s) - Brian L . Montgomery, Scott A. Ritchie, Alistair J. Hart, Sharron A. Long, Ian D. Walsh