Journal
BIOLOGIA
Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages 678-683Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0073-7
Keywords
floodwater mosquitoes; flight distances; mark-release-recapture method; Croatia
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- municipal government of Osijek
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In spring 2004, the mark-release-recapture study was conducted in the Osijek area, covering the total of 171 km(2), to describe dispersal pattern of three floodwater mosquito species (Aedes vexans, Ochlerotatus sticticus and Oc. caspius). Forty CO2 baited Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) traps were set at distances varying from 0.95 to 16.7 km from release site. Fifty thousand mosquitoes were released, and a total of 22 marked mosquitoes were recaptured in 12 traps, 82% of which were collected in the first six days after release. The maximum distance of recaptured mosquito (Oc. sticticus) was found at 11.68 km from the release site. During the study, the average dispersal rate per day for mosquitoes ranged from 0.96 km to 3.6 km in regard to different species.
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