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- Title
Seasonal abundance of Culex annulirostris and other mosquitoes at Kowanyama, north Queensland, and Charleville, south west Queensland.
- Authors
Kay, B H
- Abstract
At Kowanyama, 104,006 adult female mosquitoes of a probable 47 species were collected on twelve occasions from April, 1972, to April, 1976. At Charleville, 71,791 adult females of 20 taxa were taken during thirteen periods from February, 1974, to February, 1976. Culex annulirostris was predominant at Kowanyama and especially at Charleville where it comprised up to 99% of dry season collections. Culex fatigans, Ae normanensis, An annulipes and, at Kowanyama only, An bancroftii were the other major species collected. Several bait trapping methods were suitable for monitoring densities of Cx annulirostris and other species but mammalian baits were best. Because Cx annulirostris activity continued throughout winter even at Charleville, continuous cycles of arbovirus transmission are possible, although the potential of dormant Aedes eggs also bears investigation as a method of arbovirus survival.
- Publication
The Australian journal of experimental biology and medical science, 1979, Vol 57, Issue 5, p497
- ISSN
0004-945X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/icb.1979.51