Insect Predators of Univoltine Mosquitoes in Woodland Pools of the Pre-Cambrian Shield in Ontario

1966 ◽  
Vol 98 (5) ◽  
pp. 550-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. James
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Mosquito Larvae ◽  
Insect Predators

AbstractMosquito larvae tagged with radioactive P32 were released in woodland pools to identify their predators. Fourteen of 38 species of aquatic insects collected had ingested tagged Aedes. The leading predators were Dytiscidae and one species each of Gyrinus, Gerris, Callicorixa, and Asynarchus. Records are new for Asynarchus sp., Callicorixa audeni Hung., Dytiscus sp., Gerris buenoi Kirk., and Ilybius discedens Shp. The mosquito predator fauna at Cordova Mines and that of previously studied pools at Chatterton, Ontario, are compared.

scholarly journals Relationships between predatory aquatic insects and mosquito larvae in residential areas in northern Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nattawut Sareein ◽  
Chitchol Phalaraksh ◽  
Panida Rahong ◽  
Chotiwut Techakijvej ◽  
Sangwoo Seok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Mosquito Larvae ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Northern Thailand

INFLUENCES OF AQUATIC PLANTS ON COLONIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL PONDS BY MOSQUITOES AND THEIR INSECT PREDATORS

1980 ◽  
Vol 112 (8) ◽  
pp. 793-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nello P. D. Angerilli ◽  
Bryan P. Beirne
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Plants ◽  
Lemna Minor ◽  
Elodea Canadensis ◽  
Mosquito Larvae ◽  
Insect Predators ◽  
Artificial Ponds

AbstractThe aquatic plants Utricularia minor L., Lemna minor L., and Elodea canadensis Rich. in Michx. were tested for their effects on the colonization of artificial ponds by mosquitoes and their predators. During the 11 weeks of sampling there were significantly fewer mosquito eggs, and hence mosquito larvae, in the plant-filled ponds than in plantless control ponds, and more predators in the Utricularia and Elodea ponds than in the plantless and Lemna ponds.

Effects of lambda-cyhalothrin on mosquito larvae and predatory aquatic insects

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon P Lawler ◽  
Deborah A Dritz ◽  
Julie A Christiansen ◽  
Anthony J Cornel
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Mosquito Larvae ◽  
Lambda Cyhalothrin

scholarly journals Mosquito Larval Abundance in Connected and Isolated Pools Beside a Stormwater Management Pond

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-174
Author(s):  
Leslie A. Grand ◽  
Samuel Geller ◽  
James F. Sutcliffe ◽  
David V. Beresford
Keyword(s):  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Larval Abundance ◽  
Mosquito Larvae ◽  
Deep Channel ◽  
Insect Predators

ABSTRACT Twelve experimental pools (30 cm width × 30 cm depth) around a large stormwater management pond (SWMP) were used to test the hypothesis that small puddles of water similar to animal hoofprints or other irregularities support more abundant and diverse mosquito populations due to having fewer insect predators. Six of the 12 pools were connected to the SWMP by a deep channel (7 cm wide × 10 cm depth × 50 cm length). Mosquito larvae and potential predators were sampled weekly over 16 wk in the summer. More mosquito larvae were found in the isolated pools than in connected pools or in the pond itself (U = 5.5, z = 2.002, P = 0.045). The observed differences between isolated and connected pools are presented and results discussed in terms of SWMP design.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the efficiency of some predators of aquatic insects as substitutes to disinsect the incomplete of mosquitoes (Culex pipiens molestus ForskalDiptera: Culicidae): تقييم كفاءة بعض المفترسات من الحشرات المائية كبدائل في مكافحة الأطوار غير الكاملة للبعوض (Culex pipiens molestus ForskalDiptera: Culicidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atallah Fahd Mukhlaf , Zwan Thamer Khudair
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Vector Control ◽  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Culex Pipiens ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Mosquito Larvae ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
The Third ◽  
Culex Pipiens Molestus

All vector control programs emphasize the use of biological control. Anisops sardea (Notonectidae: Hemiptera) and Orthetrum chrysostigma (Libellulidae: Odonata) were common in freshwater communities in Mosul. They were predators of wing-wing larvae. The effectiveness of predisposition, efficacy of research, Study on predators O. chrysostigma, A. sardea using the incomplete stages of mosquitoes Culex pipiens molestus and Chironomus ninevah in the laboratory. Backbones consumed 9.0, 8.0, 6.7 and 6.7 of the four larval ages respectively and 5.3 virgins within 24 hours while the mantis nestled at the same time 8.7 6.7, 6.3 and 5.3 larvae of the four ages respectively and 3.3 virgins. Both predators preferred the third and fourth stages when faced with all the incomplete stages of the prey. The co-existence and synergy between predators O.chrysostigma and A.sardea increased the effectiveness of predation by 17% together. The number of prey consumed per day increased with increasing density in the predators' Search coefficient for both predators. The Orthetrum chrysostigma preferred the Hamoush larvae to the mosquito larvae while the  Anisops sardea preferred mosquito larvae to the Hamoush  larvae significantly.  

A Note on a Beetle which preys on Mosquito Larvae

1923 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-403
Author(s):  
J. W. S. Macfie
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Mosquito Larvae ◽  
African Species ◽  
Tiger Beetle

Last July (1922) a species of beetle, kindly identified by Dr. G. A. K. Marshall as the Tiger beetle, Cicindela octoguttata, F., a common Tropical African species, was observed to prey on mosquito larvae at Accra, in the Gold Coast. As this habit of the beetle does not appear to have been previously observed, and as it is perhaps remarkable that it should prey on such entirely aquatic insects as mosquito larvae, the following brief note may prove of interest.

AQUATIC INSECTS AS PREDATORS OF MOSQUITO LARVAE

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (sp2) ◽  
pp. 110-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Humberto Quiroz-Martínez ◽  
Ariadna Rodríguez-Castro
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Mosquito Larvae

Feeding Behavior of Aquatic Insects: Case Studies on Black Fly and Mosquito Larvae

1996 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Merritt ◽  
Douglas A. Craig ◽  
Roger S. Wotton ◽  
Edward D. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Mosquito Larvae ◽  
Black Fly

scholarly journals Alternative prey influence the predation of mosquito larvae by three water bug species (Heteroptera: Nepidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
Nabaneeta Saha ◽  
Malini Kundu ◽  
Goutam K. Saha ◽  
Gautam Aditya
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Labeo Rohita ◽  
Apparent Competition ◽  
Conservation Biological Control ◽  
Mosquito Larvae ◽  
Alternative Prey ◽  
Chironomid Larvae ◽  
Insect Predators ◽  
Generalist Insect ◽  
Water Bugs

AbstractThe indirect interactions among multiple prey sharing a common predator characterize apparent competition. In conservation biological control involving mosquitoes and controphic prey against generalist insect predators, apparent competition may be a crucial factor determining the extent of success. The possible influence of apparent competition on mosquito prey consumption by three water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepidae): Ranatra elongata, Ranatra filiformis, and Laccotrephes griseus was assessed under laboratory conditions. Tadpoles (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), chironomid larvae, snails (Racesina luteola) and fish fingerlings (Labeo rohita) were considered as alternative prey under two prey or multi prey conditions against instar IV larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus as target prey. Under two prey conditions all the predators exhibited a preference (significant Manly’s α) for mosquito larvae, against fish fingerlings by R. filiformis. In the presence of multiple prey, mosquito larvae were selected by the predators. Using the ratio of mosquito selectivity in two prey and multi-prey conditions as a measure of apparent competition, chironomid larvae had greatest effect in suppressing mosquito selectivity for R. elongata, and fish fingerlings for R. filiformis and L. griseus. It seems that the prey preference of R. elongata, R. filiformis and L. griseus may differentially evoke apparent competition among the prey. In the aquatic community where these predators and prey coexist, mosquito larvae may benefit from apparent competition that reduces their vulnerability to predators. The identity of the alternative prey appears to be an important factor for shielding the vulnerability of mosquito prey to the generalist insect predators.

SOME PREDATORS OF AEDES STIMULANS (WALK.) AND AEDES TRICHURUS (DYAR) (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN WOODLAND POOLS

1961 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. James
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Pond Snail ◽  
Mosquito Larvae ◽  
Water Beetles ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Radioactive Phosphorus ◽  
The Times

The predators of first- and second-instar larvae of Aedes stimulans and A. trichurus in temporary woodland pools near Belleville, Ontario, were determined mainly by use of mosquito larvae tagged with radioactive phosphorus, but in part from the presence of aedine remains found in the digestive tracts of dissected beetles. Of 428 pond animals collected from the test pools 122 were found to be radioactive above background. Among the 17 species of aquatic insects and other animals that fed on mosquito larvae, 8 species of Dytiscidae, 1 of Hydrophilidae, 1 of Limnephilidae, and 1 pond snail are regarded as important predators. Three additional species of water beetles were identified as predators from aedine remains in their digestive tracts. The abundance of the predators, and the times of occurrence of six species in relation to mosquito development, are discussed.

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