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AN OVIPOSITION TRAP FOR ARBOVIRUS SURVEILLANCE IN CULEX SP. MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. A. Surgeoner  and
B. V. Helson
G. A. Surgeoner
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
B. V. Helson
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
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Abstract

A new trapping technique which selectively captures Culex sp. mosquitoes during oviposition is described. A comparison of this trap to CDC and CO2 traps is presented and the advantages of the oviposition trap for viral monitoring discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 110 , Issue 10 , October 1978 , pp. 1049 - 1052
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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