EMERGENCE AND FERTILITY OF AEDES AEGYPTI (L.) REARED IN VARIOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF P32

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Abstract
Aedes aegypti (L.) was reared in eight concentrations of P32 from 0.05 μc/ml to 0.8 μc/ml to test the effects on fertility of the adults. Up to 0.3 μc/ml little effect was seen in the numbers pupating, but at 0.2 μc/ml and higher many of the adults were so weakened as to be unable to leave the surface of the water. At 0.6 μc/ml and 0.8 μc/ml no adults lived to become parents of a succeeding generation. No progeny were produced by females reared at 0.2 μc of P32 per milliliter or by non-radioactive females mated to males reared at 0.3 μc of P32 per milliliter. Amounts of P32 in the adults of males and females were calculated.