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EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF AEDES (O.) STICTICUS (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN RELATION TO DIFFERENT CONSTANT TEMPERATURES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. Trpis ,
W. O. Haufe  and
J. A. Shemanchuk
M. Trpis
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta
W. O. Haufe
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta
J. A. Shemanchuk
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Abstract

Embryonic development in the mosquito Aedes (O.) sticticus (Meigen) was studied on moist surfaces at five constant temperatures between 5° and 34 °C. Time for complete embryogenesis was 608, 272, 192, 152, and 120 h at 10°, 15°, 20°, 25°, and 30 °C, respectively. Upper and lower temperature thresholds were 33 °C and from 6° to 8 °C, respectively. Embryonic development proceeded normally when eggs were submerged in water at 25° and 30 °C, and no difference in developmental rate was observed between eggs on moist filter paper and those submerged in water.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 105 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 43 - 50
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1973

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