Effectiveness of aerially applied Arosurf MSF in the control of the cattail mosquito, Coquillettidia perturbans.
Arosurf MSF was applied to a Massachusetts cattail marsh at 0.5 gallons/acre (4.67 liters/hectare) to prevent emergence of Coquillettidia perturbans. One application was made by helicopter and three, later in the season, by fixed-wing aircraft. The material appeared to prevent adult emergence for about a week after the helicopter application, but due to large inter-trap variances in untreated controls the results were not statistically significant. Control was spotty with the fixed-wing application. One problem was obtaining good coverage at a site with difficult aerial access, the second was the interference to delivery of the pupicide as the emergent plant canopy developed later in the season.
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Biology Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
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D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification*; D004463:Ecology; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D007814:Larva; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D013501:Surface-Active Agents
D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; C049713:Arosurf