title: Decline of Anopheles sergentii and Aedes caspius populations following presentation of attractive toxic (spinosad) sugar bait stations in an oasis.
abstract: The effect of attractive sugar bait stations, including sucrose, juice of nectarine, slow-release substances, preservatives, red food-dye marker, and the oral insecticide spinosad, on Anopheles sergentii and Aedes caspius populations was studied in a small oasis in a southern desert of Israel. Feeding on similar baits without an insecticide was monitored as a control in a similar neighboring oasis. The insecticide caused a drastic decrease in the number of mosquitoes. Compared to the control site, the An. sergentii population was reduced to less than a tenth and that of Ae. caspius declined to a third. The majority of the mosquitoes, 76.0% of An. sergentii females and 74.8% of Ae. caspius females, were marked by the food dye in the control site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Günter C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Vasiliy D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Kravchenko
authors.forename: Yosef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Schlein
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002241:Carbohydrates; D004338:Drug Combinations; D017753:Ecosystem; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007557:Israel; D018942:Macrolides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D004338:Drug Combinations; D007306:Insecticides; D018942:Macrolides; C415329:spinosad