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THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON PRE-ADULT DEVELOPMENT OF AEDES FLAVESCENS (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Milan Trpiš  and
J. A. Shemanchuk
Milan Trpiš
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta
J. A. Shemanchuk
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Abstract

The most suitable temperature for larval development of Aedes flavescens was found to be 20 °C. At this temperature 74% of the larvae pupated in 20 days. At 15 °C the developmental period was 42 days with a survival rate of 54%. At 25 °C the developmental period was 22 days but the survival rate dropped to 7%. At 10 °C the developmental period was 80 days with a survival rate of 6%. At 5 °C and 30 °C mortality was 100% in the first instar stage. Adult males emerged from the pupae in three days at 25 °C, two days earlier than the females.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 101 , Issue 2 , February 1969 , pp. 128 - 132
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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