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OBSERVATIONS ON SOME AQUATIC ANIMAL AND PLANT ENEMIES OF MOSQUITOES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. R. Twinn
Affiliation:
Entomological Branch, Department Agriculture, Ottawa

Extract

Animal and plant enemies undoubtedly play an important part in controlling mosquitoes, but it is fully recognized that a study of these organisms forms only one phase of a very complex subject spoken of generally as natural control. Climate, weather conditions, topography, etc., all have an important bearing on mosquito abundance. Precipitation, whether in the form of rain or snow, and temperatures, exert a vital influence on mosquito populations. If the winter accumulation of snow is heavy, the spring infestation of snow pool and floodwater mosquitoes may be expected to be heavy too.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1931

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