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23 September 2023 Different demographic responses of three species of container Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae to timing of extrinsic mortality
Steven A. Juliano, Kristina M. McIntire, Hannah O. Nichols, Cecilia C. Canizela, Kaitlyn M. Frederick
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Abstract

Mortality imposed on a population can interact with negatively density-dependent mortality to produce overcompensation, wherein added mortality results in more survivors. Experimental mortality can cause overcompensation in mosquito larvae, which would be counterproductive if it resulted from mosquito control in nature. We tested for different demographic responses to mortality among 3 container Aedes species when impacted by density dependence. We imposed 48.2% mortality on cohorts of larvae 2, 6, or 8 days after hatching and compared adult production, development times, and female size to those variables for controls without mortality. Mortality significantly increased adult production compared to controls, but the 3 species varied in the details of that response. Aedes albopictus (Skuse) produced more adults with mortality on day 2 primarily because of greater production of males. Aedes triseriatus (Say) yielded more adults with mortality on day 2 primarily because of greater production of females. Aedes aegypti (L.) adult production was not significantly affected by mortality, but development times for both sexes were significantly shorter with mortality on day 8. There were no effects of mortality on female wing length. None of our mortality treatments yielded significant reductions of adults for any species. These species responses to mortality are not the same, despite their similar ecologies and life histories. Thus, we cannot assume that killing almost half the larvae present in a dense population will reduce adult production, nor can we assume that different Aedes species will respond to mortality in the same way.

Steven A. Juliano, Kristina M. McIntire, Hannah O. Nichols, Cecilia C. Canizela, and Kaitlyn M. Frederick "Different demographic responses of three species of container Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae to timing of extrinsic mortality," Journal of Medical Entomology 61(1), 121-131, (23 September 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad129
Received: 3 June 2023; Accepted: 5 September 2023; Published: 23 September 2023
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KEYWORDS
density dependence
extrinsic mortality
life history
mosquito control
overcompensation
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