Chadee D D, Mohammed R T
Insect Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, St. Joseph, Trinidad, West Indies.
J Med Entomol. 1996 Jul;33(4):686-8. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.686.
The oviposition patterns of Anopheles aquasalis Curry collected from a grass swamp in Gloudon, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, were studied in the laboratory by recording the egg-laying performance of 30 individuals and a group of 150 females at 2-h intervals. Oviposition was nocturnal, with a peak between 2400 and 0400 hours when 72% of the eggs were laid. Wild-caught females engorged on human blood matured 89.8 +/- 21.3 follicles (range, 50-118). These findings provide vector control workers with the opportunity to maximize the effect of adulticides on An. aquasalis populations by restricting their operations to the time of peak flight activity.
在实验室中，通过每隔2小时记录30只个体和一组150只雌性按蚊的产卵情况，研究了从特立尼达卡罗尼沼泽地格劳登的一片草地沼泽中采集的咸水按蚊库里氏亚种的产卵模式。产卵是在夜间进行的，在24:00至04:00之间出现高峰，此时产下了72%的卵。野外捕获的吸食人血的雌性按蚊成熟卵泡数为89.8±21.3个（范围为50 - 118个）。这些发现为病媒控制人员提供了机会，通过将杀虫剂作业限制在飞行活动高峰期，来最大限度地提高杀虫剂对咸水按蚊种群的防治效果。
