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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 76-82Publisher
AMER MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOC
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Chemical attractant; color; Culex pipiens pallens; host-seeking behavior; trap
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The study found that Culex pipiens pallens has preferences for white color and specific concentrations of chemicals. The attractiveness of traps to Cx. p. pallens varied depending on the concentration of ammonia and ammonium hydrogen carbonate.
This study examined Culex pipiens pallens responses to different combinations of colors and chemicals employed via a mosquito trap under semifield conditions. Our results indicated that Cx. p. pallens has color and chemical concentration preferences. Culex p. pallens had a 38.0% greater response to white than black color treated traps. Further, Cx. p. pallens showed differences in olfactory attraction depending on the chemical and concentration. Culex p. pallens was 107.6% more attracted to traps employing 500 ppm ammonia than control (i.e., unscented). Similarly, Cx. p. pallens was 117.5%, 128.8%, and 140.3% more attracted to traps employing, respectively, 1,000, 10,000, and 20,000 ppm of ammonia hydrogen carbonate compared to controls. And the response to lactic acid showed that Cx. p. pallens was most attracted to concentrations of 100 and 500 ppm (135.7% and 142.9%, respectively) compared to controls.
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