Diel pattern of oviposition in the laboratory of the mosquitoAedes albopictus(Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae)
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Pathogens and Global Health
- Vol. 83 (4) , 423-429
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1989.11812367
Abstract
The diel pattern of oviposition of Aedes albopictus derived from Singapore was studied in the laboratory by recording the performance of individual females at two-hour intervals. Oviposition was almost exclusively diurnal, about 98% of eggs being laid during the full photophase, and the rest during the 30-minute evening ‘twilight’ and the first 30 minutes of the scotophase. A large, well defined peak of oviposition (comprising about 56% of eggs laid) occurred during the two hours before sunset. Nulliparous females allowed to engorge on human blood matured on average about 95 follicles (range 51–138).This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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