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Mosquito Populations at Ibadan in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Kenneth Mellanby
Kenneth Mellanby
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, University College, Ibadan.*
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Mosquito larvae derived from eggs laid in earthenware pots in various habitats on the site of University College, Ibadan, in Nigeria were collected over a period of 26 months.

Anopheles gambiae Giles, Aëdes aegypti (L.) and Culex (Lutzia) tigripes Grp. were the species most frequently collected.

The relation of these results to the fluctuation in the populations of the species concerned is discussed. It seems unlikely that pot collections give results which can be directly related to the numbers of mosquitos in the field, but they can elucidate questions of mosquito biology and behaviour.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , March 1956 , pp. 125 - 136
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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