title: Larval survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes in Alabama.
abstract: A state-wide survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes in Alabama was conducted in 2004 and 2005. Tire sites in all 67 counties in the state of Alabama were sampled for mosquito larvae. A total of 13,022 mosquito larvae, representing 12 species in 7 genera, was collected. The most frequently collected species were Aedes albopictus (70.4%), Culex territans (8.0%), and Ochlerotatus triseriatus (7.1%). The following species were also collected: Cx. restuans (6.0%), Cx. salinarius (2.7%), Orthopodomyia signifera (2.4%), and Cx. quinquefasciatus (1.4%). Ochlerotatus atropalpus, Toxorhynchites rutilus, Anopheles punctipennis, An. quadrimaculatus, and Psorophora columbiae each represented <1.0% of the total larval collections. No Ae. aegypti or Oc. japonicus were collected from tires during this survey. The first known collection of Ps. columbiae breeding in water-filled tires is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 301 Funchess Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-5413, USA.
authors.forename: Whitney A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Qualls
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Mullen
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes; D000407:Alabama; D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D003465:Culex; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D003710:Demography; D017753:Ecosystem; D005843:Geography; D007814:Larva; D044969:Ochlerotatus; D013997:Time Factors