We conducted an inventory in the wilaya of Batna more particularly region Timgad during period from January 2018 to December same year. Sampling is done monthly using “Dipping” method collect mosquito larvae which were then transported laboratory for identification. Five species collected surveyed site presented by 1035 individuals, these Culex pipiens, theileri, hortensis, deserticola and Culi...

Larvae of. Culex tarsalis Coquillett and Culiseta inornata Williston are abundant in duck ponds within the San Joaquin freshwater marsh. Culex tarsalis are found year-round and Culiseta inornata are found during the winter months. Each duck pond has an area ofopen water ringed with emergent Scirpus californicus (bulrush) and Typha latifolia and Typha anpstifolia (cattails). Low densities of lar...

The used tire trade has facilitated the introduction, spread, and establishment of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, and other mosquito species in several countries of America, Africa, Oceania, and Europe. A strategy for detecting these imported mosquito vectors was developed in Spain during 2003-2004 by EVITAR (multidisciplinary network for the study of viruses transmitted by arthrop...

BACKGROUND Mosquitoes are considered as the vectors of dirofilariasis and some vector borne disease in Iran. The objective of this study was to determine the susceptibility level of the vectors to various insecticides recommended by WHO for any control measures in an endemic area in northwestern Iran. METHODS Mosquito larval and adult collections were carried out using different methods provi...

Many kinds of adaptive behavior, including responses to risk of predation, have been documented, but there have been few attempts to translate these behaviors into consequences for populations. We present one of the first models to predict the consequences of adaptive behavior for population size in a specific natural system. Larvae of the mosquito Culiseta longiareolata (Diptera: Culicidae) de...

The selection of an appropriate oviposition site is crucial to the maternal fitness of eggraft producing mosquitoes. Females in this group of mosquitoes produce a single egg-raft during their lifetimes. All egg-raft producing mosquitoes are members of the subfamily Culicinae and include the medically important genera Culex and Culiseta. Egg-raft producing mosquitoes use several physical and che...