Composition and adult activity of salt-marsh mosquitoes attracted to 1-octen-3-ol, carbon dioxide, and light in Topsail Island, North Carolina.
By monitoring weekly for 3 months with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) light traps baited with carbon dioxide (CO2) and light, 12 species of mosquitoes were collected from salt-marsh areas in Topsail Island, North Carolina: Aedes vexans, Anopheles atropos, An. bradleyi, An. crucians, An. punctipennis, Culex pipiens, Cx. restrans, Cx. salinarius, Ochlerotatus sollicitans, Oc. taeniorhynchus, Oc. infirmatus, and Uranotaenia sapphirina. The hourly activities of common salt-marsh mosquitoes, namely Oc. sollicitans, Oc. taeniorhynchus, An. atropos, An. bradleyi, and Cx. salinarius, were observed from 1700 to 0800 h by using a collection bottle rotator trap baited with 1-octen-3-ol (octenol), CO2, and light. The mosquitoes exhibited different peaks of adult activity, with a significantly greater number of mosquitoes collected from 0600 to 0800 h than from 1700 to 1900 h.
Rueda
Leopoldo M
LM
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, USA.
Gardner
Robert C
RC
D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003465:Culex; D009033:Culicidae; D008027:Light; D009657:North Carolina; D000442:Octanols; D010675:Pheromones; D011159:Population Surveillance
D000442:Octanols; D010675:Pheromones; C010411:insect attractants; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C038844:1-octen-3-ol