| Title: | Attraction of Culex pipiens/restuans (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes to bird uropygial gland odors at two elevations in the Niagara region of Ontario |
| Address: | "Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0022-2585 (Print) 0022-2585 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In an effort to determine whether female Culex pipiens L. and Culex restuans Theobald mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are attracted to crow, Corvus brachyrhynchus, uropygial gland secretions, CDC miniature light traps (baited with CO2 but with the lights removed) were placed at approximately 1.5- and 5-m elevations, in 10 trees in awoodlot near Niagara Falls, Canada. These traps were assigned either a bird odor or a blank control. Bird odors were created by attaching cotton swabs coated with crow uropygial gland secretions to the trap intake. A significantly greater number of Cx. pipiens/ restuans were found in the 5-m traps compared with 1.5-m traps, with a significant number attracted to the bird odor over the no odor traps at the 5-m elevation, but not at 1.5 m. We also found more Aedes vexans (Meigen) in the 1.5-m traps than the 5-m traps; however, presence or absence of bird odor did not influence the distribution of Ae. vexans" |
| Keywords: | Altitude Animals Canada Crows/*metabolism Culex/classification/*physiology Exocrine Glands/*metabolism *Odorants *Pheromones Population Density Trees; |
| Notes: | "MedlineRussell, Curtis B Hunter, Fiona F eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2005/06/21 J Med Entomol. 2005 May; 42(3):301-5. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/42.3.301" |
