Beehler J W, Mulla M S
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside 92521.
J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1993 Mar;9(1):13-6.
Laboratory and field tests were conducted to determine the attractiveness of the insect growth regulator methoprene to ovipositing mosquitoes when presented at concentrations used in mosquito control programs. Laboratory experiments indicated that ovipositing Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti were not attracted to methoprene. In field experiments, Culex stigmatosoma and Cx. quinquefasciatus larval dip counts in experimental ponds treated with methoprene briquets were not significantly different from untreated control ponds. Water taken from these methoprene-treated ponds was not attractive when compared with water taken from untreated ponds to ovipositing Cx. quinquefasciatus in laboratory experiments. These studies provide strong evidence that methoprene is not attractive to ovipositing mosquitoes at concentrations within the range of field applications.
进行了实验室和现场试验，以确定昆虫生长调节剂烯虫酯在蚊虫控制项目中使用的浓度下对产卵蚊子的吸引力。实验室实验表明，产卵的致倦库蚊和埃及伊蚊对烯虫酯没有吸引力。在现场试验中，用烯虫酯块处理的实验池塘中，污跗库蚊和致倦库蚊幼虫的舀取计数与未处理的对照池塘没有显著差异。在实验室实验中，与从未处理池塘取的水相比，从这些用烯虫酯处理过的池塘取的水对产卵的致倦库蚊没有吸引力。这些研究提供了有力证据，表明在田间应用范围内的浓度下，烯虫酯对产卵蚊子没有吸引力。
