Affiliation:
1. Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro Brazil
2. Department of Arbovirology Bernhard‐Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg Germany
3. Natural Resources Institute University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime Kent UK
Abstract
AbstractVector control is still the recommended approach to avoid arbovirus outbreaks. Herein, we investigate oviposition preferences of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) females under a semi‐field structure Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For that, in Experiment 1, we used two settings: ‘Single items’, which included as containers drain, beer bottle, bucket, car tyre, water tank, and a potted Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii) in a saucer with water, or ‘Multiple containers’, as an urban simulation, in which one drain, two additional beer bottles, and an extra plant pot saucer were added. Experiment 2 (sensory cues) used five variations of potted plant, each one varying in the range of sensory cues known to attract gravid females to oviposition containers. Our results indicate that gravid Ae. aegypti prefer to oviposit close to the ground and in open water containers with organic compounds from plant watering. Domestic large artificial containers containing tap water received significantly fewer eggs, except for the car tyre, which exhibited as many eggs as the potted plant. We also show that visual (potted plant shape) and olfactory clues (odour of the plant or from water containing organic matter) were equally attractive separately as were these stimuli together.
Funder
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais
Medical Research Council
Subject
Insect Science,General Veterinary,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Parasitology
Cited by
2 articles.
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