[Reevaluation of the biological control of vector mosquitoes using predatory larvae of Toxorhynchites mosquitoes].
Attempts to control mosquito-borne disease using predatory mosquitoes such as Toxorhynchites larvae have led to indefinite results for many years, mainly because of the lack of adequate species or strains of Toxorhynchites. Recent improvements of natural and artificial matings of adults in the laboratory and of mass breeding of larvae, however, have made it possible to establish laboratory colonies of most Toxorhynchites species whenever and wherever necessary. Effects of biological control by releasing large numbers of Toxorhynchites mosquitoes should be reevaluated from a new concept of comparing the usual chemical insecticides with the living and flying "insecticides" which cause no environmental pollution.
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D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000254:growth & development; D007303:Insect Vectors; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*