AEDES-ALBOPICTUS AND AEDES-TRISERIATUS EGGS SURVIVE WASTE TIRE PROCESSING

Authors
HANSON SM LAMPMAN RL NOVAK RJ PURSEGLOVE PM
Citation
Sm. Hanson et al., AEDES-ALBOPICTUS AND AEDES-TRISERIATUS EGGS SURVIVE WASTE TIRE PROCESSING, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 12(4), 1996, pp. 728-729
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
8756971X
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
728 - 729
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-971X(1996)12:4<728:AAAESW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Tires that were either crudely chopped or more finely processed into s hreds contained viable eggs. Field-collected remnants of 2-3 chopped t ires contained viable Aedes albopictus eggs. After shredding tires see ded with mosquito eggs, 34 (4.6%) of an estimated 746 Ae, albopictus e ggs and 21 (2.7%) of an estimated 774 Aedes triseriatus eggs survived. Chopped and shredded tire remnants may serve as a means of dispersing mosquitoes.