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.
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