Surfactant in Apical Drop of Eggs of Some Culicine Mosquitoes1

1 July 1962

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Vol. 55 (4) , 409-415
https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/55.4.409

Abstract

The apical drop found on the posterior end of eggs of species of Culex and Culiseta, described in the recent literature as being water, exhibits high surface activity and chemically seems to be an ester of several fatty acids. The apical drop appears to play a role in returning upset egg rafts to their normal position on the water surface.

Keywords

APICAL DROP
CULICINE MOSQUITOES
SURFACTANT IN APICAL
DROP OF EGGS