Color, bacteria, and mosquito eggs as ovipositional attractants for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera : Culicidae)

Selected bacterial washes, color, and mosquito eggs were comparatively exam ined as ovipositional attractants for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. A ny evidence of additive activity was noted. All colored washes alone were p referred over selected bacterial washes. The combinations of color and bact eria in a single wash were better attractants for oviposition than colored washes alone. The bacterial content of the breeding water was a more import ant factor than egg presence in oviposition site selection.