Evaluation of boric acid sugar baits against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in tropical environments

Naranjo, Diana P.; Qualls, Whitney A.; Müller, Gunter C.; Samson, Dayana M.; Roque, Deborah D.; Alimi, Temitope O.; Arheart, Kristopher L.; Beier, John C.; Xue, Rui

doi:10.1007/s00436-013-3312-8

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“…Furthermore, a sugar lure was identified as a successful attractant for Ae. albopictus in ATSB field studies [25]. The existing evidence therefore suggested that these floral-based attractants and sugar lures would be attractive to Ae.…”

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“…An ATSB lure was created based on a recent recipe shown to be highly attractive to Ae. albopictus [25]. Initial sugar lure preparation involved the mixing of 0.2 l of guava nectar (Golden Circle), 0.2 l of mango nectar (Golden Circle), 0.2 l of distilled water and 200 g of brown sugar in an Erlenmeyer flask over heat using a heating pad and magnetic stirrer.…”

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“…Additionally, ATSB of guava-mango nectars has been successful in reducing Ae. albopictus populations [25], which is an attraction that may extend to Ae. aegypti due to the biological and ecological similarities between Ae.…”

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Assessment of synthetic floral-based attractants and sugar baits to capture male and female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

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Background: The viruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti, including dengue and Zika viruses, are rapidly expanding in geographic range and as a threat to public health. In response, control programs are increasingly turning to the use of sterile insect techniques resulting in a need to trap male Ae. aegypti to monitor the efficacy of the intervention. However, there is a lack of effective and cheap methods for trapping males. Thus, we attempted to exploit the physiological need to obtain energy from sugar feeding in order to passively capture male and female Ae. aegypti (nulliparous and gravid) in free-flight attraction assays. Candidate lures included previously identified floral-based (phenylacetaldehyde, linalool oxide, phenylethyl alcohol, and acetophenone) attractants and an attractive toxic sugar bait-based (ATSB) solution of guava and mango nectars. A free-flight attraction assay assessed the number of mosquitoes attracted to each candidate lure displayed individually. Then, a choice test was performed between the best-performing lure and a water control displayed in Gravid Aedes Traps (GAT). Results: Results from the attraction assays indicated that the ATSB solution of guava and mango nectars was the most promising lure candidate for males; unlike the floral-based attractants tested, it performed significantly better than the water control. Nulliparous and gravid females demonstrated no preference among the lures and water controls indicating a lack of attraction to floral-based attractants and sugar baits in a larger setting. Although the guava-mango ATSB lure was moderately attractive to males when presented directly (i.e. no need to enter a trap or other confinement), it failed to attract significantly more male, nulliparous female, or gravid female Ae. aegypti than water controls when presented inside a Gravid Aedes Trap.

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Assessment of synthetic floral-based attractants and sugar baits to capture male and female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

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“…Both rudimentary ATSB and commercially available ATSB methods have been successful in controlling multiple genera of mosquitoes over varying lengths of time. The discrepancies in the percentage of control and duration of treatment observed during rudimentary and commercially available ATSB studies have been attributed to factors of weather [9,46], plant species and flowering state [37,38,40], active ingredient [9,50], and the physiological state of the mosquitoes [43,45,46]. …”

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Attractive Toxic Sugar Bait (ATSB) For Control of Mosquitoes and Its Impact on Non-Target Organisms: A Review

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Xue

2017

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Mosquito abatement programs contend with mosquito-borne diseases, insecticidal resistance, and environmental impacts to non-target organisms. However, chemical resources are limited to a few chemical classes with similar modes of action, which has led to insecticide resistance in mosquito populations. To develop a new tool for mosquito abatement programs that control mosquitoes while combating the issues of insecticidal resistance, and has low impacts of non-target organisms, novel methods of mosquito control, such as attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSBs), are being developed. Whereas insect baiting to dissuade a behavior, or induce mortality, is not a novel concept, as it was first introduced in writings from 77 AD, mosquito baiting through toxic sugar baits (TSBs) had been quickly developing over the last 60 years. This review addresses the current body of research of ATSB by providing an overview of active ingredients (toxins) include in TSBs, attractants combined in ATSB, lethal effects on mosquito adults and larvae, impact on non-target insects, and prospects for the use of ATSB.

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“…When applied to foliage, TSB or ATSB was successful in controlling Ae. albopictus in both semi-field conditions (Xue et al 2006) and residential communities in St. Augustine, FL (Naranjo, et al 2013). ATSB or TSB can be targeted to males when timed to their emergence.…”

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Control of maleAedes albopictusSkuse (Diptera: Culicidae) using boric acid sugar bait and its impact on female fecundity and fertility

Wang

Shen

Dixon

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Journal of Vector Ecology

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Aedes albopictus (Skuse) is a serious threat to human health as a vector of arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya (Lambrechts et al. 2010, Gubler 1998, and Zika (Wong et al. 2013). Adult Ae. albopictus are controlled primarily via ground and aerial ultra-low volume applications of insecticides. The chemical insecticides may potentially pollute the environment, and mosquito populations gradually develop resistance to them (Waits et al. 2017). The future for mosquito control requires safer and more effective alternatives to replace and improve currently used adulticides.Male and female mosquitoes require carbohydrates after emerging for energy, survival, and reproduction (Yuval 1992, Foster 1995. Adult Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, like other mosquito species, need regular sugar meals (Muller et al. 2010a, Xue et al. 2010. Attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) is a novel method for adult mosquito control. This control method takes advantage of mosquito sugar-feeding behavior by mixing insecticides with their food (Lea 1965. The ingredients in ATSB are fruit juice (attractive), 10% sugar (feeding stimulator), and 1% boric acid (stomach toxin), and adult male and female mosquitoes usually die 24-48 h after ingestion of TSB or ATSB Barnard 2003, Xue et al. 2008). The ingredients of toxic sugar bait (TSB) are usually 10% sugar and 1% boric acid, without fruit juice as an attractant. When applied to foliage, TSB or ATSB was successful in controlling Ae. albopictus in both semi-field conditions (Xue et al. 2006) and residential communities in St. Augustine, FL (Naranjo, et al. 2013). ATSB or TSB can be targeted to males when timed to their emergence. Male mosquitoes typically emerge at least 12 h earlier than females (Xue and Barnard 1997) and feed only on sugar for nutrition and survival (Xue et al. 2010). This early emergence time and complete dependence on sugar for survival suggests male mosquitoes can be affected by TSB or ATSB. If TSB or ATSB exposure is directed to this early emergence time, it may have an indirect effect on female mosquito fecundity and fertility.In this study, we tested the hypothesis that mosquito reproductive capacity is negatively affected if male Ae. albopictus are exposed to TSB before females emerge. After a brief exposure period to TSB, male and female mortality were analyzed to see if the exposure period only affected males. Next, reproductive effects of females exposed to TSB were analyzed by counting the number of eggs laid and the hatch rate. Each assessment of TSB was compared to a 10% sucrose control.The Ae. albopictus strain was obtained from the USDA, ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, in Gainesville, FL and reared in the insectary at Anastasia Mosquito Control District (AMCD) in St. Augustine, according to the method described by Gerberg et al. (1994). The adult mosquitoes were fed a 10% sucrose solution ad libitum, and were maintained in a photoperiod of 14:10 (L:D) h at 80% relative humidity and temperature of 27º C.The toxic sugar bait (TSB) formu...

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Evaluation of boric acid sugar baits against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in tropical environments

Cited by 63 publications

References 16 publications

Assessment of synthetic floral-based attractants and sugar baits to capture male and female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Assessment of synthetic floral-based attractants and sugar baits to capture male and female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Attractive Toxic Sugar Bait (ATSB) For Control of Mosquitoes and Its Impact on Non-Target Organisms: A Review

Control of maleAedes albopictusSkuse (Diptera: Culicidae) using boric acid sugar bait and its impact on female fecundity and fertility

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