Browsing by Subject "Mosquitoes"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1991)In Chambers County, Texas, Culex salinarius larvae were widely distributed and found in a variety of aquatic habitats during cooler times of the year. However, during the summer they were generally restricted to cool aquatic ...
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(PLOS, 2014-03-27)Dispersal is a critical life history behavior for mosquitoes and is important for the spread of mosquito-borne disease. We implemented the first stable isotope mark-capture study to measure mosquito dispersal, focusing on ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)Separate groups of Culex quinquefasciatus Say, UTMB strain, were exposed for 24 hrs as fourth instar larvae to sublethal concentrations of malathion, methoprene, propoxur and resmethrin. Effects on the insecticide-exposed ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)Larvae of Aedes aegypti (L) were exposed to various compounds having fluorescent properties to determine if these compounds would elicit growth regulating effects in mosquitoes. One compound, DNSAB or 5 [[[5-(Dimethylami ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)Altosid SR-10, a slow release formulation of methoprene (isopropyl ll-methoxy-3,7,ll-trimethyl-2,4-dodecadienoate), produced high mortalities when aerially applied to larval populations of Aedes sollicitans (Walker) and ...
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(2009-05-15)In 2002, West Nile virus was isolated for the first time in Harris County, Texas. The subsequent epidemic led the Harris County Mosquito Control Division to initiate an extensive spraying operation to suppress infected ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)The morphology of the chorionic layers of the eggs of Psorophora columbiae (Dyar and Knab) mosquitoes was studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy during a period of time when eggs were in a predeposition ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)Highly sensitive Infra-red video recording equipment was used to observe and record marker swarming behavior of natural populations of Psorophora columbiae (Dyar and Knab) in the field. Swarming was a predominantly male ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)Soil samples were collected from permanent pastures, rice and soybean fields in Chambers County, TX over a 2 1/2 year period to study the oviposition behavior of Psorophora columbiae (Dyar and Knab) and gather ground ...