DISTRIBUTION OF MOSQUITO LARVAE IN A WASTE TIRE PILE IN FLORIDA - AN INITIAL STUDY

Authors
MORRIS CD ROBINSON JW
Citation
Cd. Morris et Jw. Robinson, DISTRIBUTION OF MOSQUITO LARVAE IN A WASTE TIRE PILE IN FLORIDA - AN INITIAL STUDY, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 10(2), 1994, pp. 174-180
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
8756971X
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
174 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-971X(1994)10:2<174:DOMLIA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Larval mosquito distribution in a section of a waste tire pile was rel ated to tire rim diameter, gap between the tire beads, and tire locati on within the pile. Larval density was dependent upon facing direction of the tire and location within the pile. Pest mosquitoes were not co llected in tires with Toxorhynchites rutilus rutilus and were only rar ely in tires with Corethrella sp. This study suggests that tire piling practices may influence pest mosquito populations in waste tire piles .