Reduced mosquito production in cemetery vases with copper liners.
Water-holding stone vases were sampled in 4 central Florida cemeteries to compare the prevalence of mosquitoes in containers with and without metallic liners. Overall, immature mosquitoes were found in more than 60% of the vases lacking liners and in more than 50% of the vases with aluminum liners. Significantly fewer vases with copper liners were positive for mosquitoes. High mortality and a lack of development were observed in a field test involving the introduction of Aedes aegypti larvae into stone vases with copper liners.
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Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, IFAS, University of Florida, Vero Beach 32962.
Evans
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Gettman
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D000818:Animals; D003300:Copper; D009033:Culicidae / Q000254:growth & development*; D004463:Ecology; D005431:Florida; D009027:Mortuary Practice; D011157:Population Dynamics
D003300:Copper