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Title: Infusion-Baited Ovitraps to Monitor Container-Breeding Mosquitoes in North-Central Florida Suburban and Sylvatic Locales.

Author
item OBERNAUER, PETER - UNIV. FLORIDA
item KAUFMAN, PHIL - UNIV. FLORIDA
item Allan, Sandra - Sandy
item Kline, Daniel - Dan

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/8/2008
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Technical Abstract: Ovitraps at 1 and 6 meters containing water, oak or oak-pine were evaluated to ascertain mosquito oviposition heights. We collected 13,276 eggs representing five species; the most common being Aedes albopictus, Ochlerotatus triseriatus and Orthopodomyia signifera. For certain species, more eggs were oviposited in ovitraps containing infusions compared to water