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3 November 2015 Development and Evaluation of an Attractive Self-Marking Ovitrap to Measure Dispersal and Determine Skip Oviposition in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) Field Populations
Timothy J. Davis, Phillip E. Kaufman, Andrew J. Tatem, Jerome A. Hogsette, Daniel L. Kline
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Abstract

Aedes albopictus (Skuse) is a container-breeding species with considerable public health importance. To date, Ae. albopictus oviposition behavior has been assessed in outdoor conditions, but only with laboratory-reared specimens. In outdoor large-cage and field studies, we used an attractive self-marking ovipositional device to assess Ae. albopictus skip oviposition behavior. In field studies, 37 wild Ae. albopictus that visited an attractive self-marking ovisite were subsequently captured at a sticky ovitrap within a 4-d period. Because the average Ae. albopictus gonotrophic period is 4.5–6 d, the wild-caught Ae. albopictus visited at least two oviposition sites within a single gonotrophic period. This provided field-based indirect evidence of skip oviposition. The mean distance traveled (MDT) during the 20-d evaluations ranged from 58 to 78 m. The maximum observed distance traveled was 149 m, which was the outer edge of our trapping ability. As populations of Ae. albopictus increased, the MDT during the 4- and 20-d post-marking period increased significantly. Additional observations of wild-marked and captured Aedes triseriatus (Say) are discussed.

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Timothy J. Davis, Phillip E. Kaufman, Andrew J. Tatem, Jerome A. Hogsette, and Daniel L. Kline "Development and Evaluation of an Attractive Self-Marking Ovitrap to Measure Dispersal and Determine Skip Oviposition in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) Field Populations," Journal of Medical Entomology 53(1), 31-38, (3 November 2015). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv170
Received: 23 June 2015; Accepted: 11 October 2015; Published: 3 November 2015
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KEYWORDS
Aedes triseriatus
egg distribution
installment oviposition
vector surveillance
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