Interaction between the predator Toxorhynchites brevipalpis and its prey Aedes aegypti.
In a circumscribed area in Tanzania where the predacious larvae of Toxorhynchites brevipalpis were particularly abundant, it was found that water-filled tires and tins containing Toxorhynchites larvae had fewer larvae of Aedes aegypti than those without the predator larvae. The peaks of infestation with Toxorhynchites larvae occurred almost a month later than the peaks of A. aegypti infestation. Cannibalism was observed among the predator larvae in these containers.
D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D000898:Antibiosis; D009033:Culicidae; D004463:Ecology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D007814:Larva; D013636:Tanzania