Hosts of Mosquitoes in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina

Irby, William S.; Apperson, Charles S.

doi:10.1093/jmedent/25.2.85

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“…restuans ; all analyzed blood meals were from avian species. These findings were consistent with prior host preference studies ( 8 , 9 , 16 , 20 ) and strongly support the view that this predominant "early season" species is most likely involved in initiation and amplification of WNV transmission among wild birds and rarely, if ever, feeds on humans in this region. This finding differs from a recent blood-meal analysis by Gingrich and Williams ( 19 ), who found that a limited number (n = 9) of Cx.…”

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Host Feeding Patterns ofCulexMosquitoes and West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States

Molaei

Andreadis

Armstrong

et al. 2006

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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“…salinarius reinforce those of previous studies ( 18 , 20 – 25 ) and indicate that this species feeds indiscriminately on both birds and mammals, including humans. By using separate PCR primer pairs for different vertebrate classes, we find that 11% of Cx.…”

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Host Feeding Patterns ofCulexMosquitoes and West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States

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Armstrong

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Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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“…fuscocephala, this species could also be a vector in the mammal to mammal transmission of JEV in the Yaeyama Islands. Irby and Apperson (1988) reported that Cx. quinquefasciatus fed primarily on birds in natural habitats near farms in North Carolina.…”

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Bloodmeal identification and feeding habits of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected at five islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Tamashiro

Toma

Mannen

et al. 2011

Jap. J. Sanit. Zool.

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To determine the host-feeding patterns of mosquitoes, blood-fed mosquitoes were collected by 5 di#erent methods from various places such as mountain forests, residential areas and animal sheds of the following 5 islands, Amamioshima, Tokunoshima, Iheyajima, Okinawajima and Iriomotejima in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan over a 6 yr period (2005ῌ2010). A total of 975 bloodmeals derived from bloodfed mosquitoes of 35 species representing 11 genera were successfully identified by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based method, and 34 vertebrate species were identified as the bloodmeal hosts. Our results indicate that mosquitoes of the same genus show similar host preferences when blood source animals are classified into 5 major groups; mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fishes. The genus Anopheles exhibited mammalophilic and Aedes exhibited mammalophilic, but Ae. (Geoskusea) baisasi Knight and Hull fed predominantly on fishes. Host preferences of the genus Culex were somewhat di#erent among subgenera. Subgenus Culex fed on warmblooded animals, including mammals and birds, whereas other subgenera fed on various hosts both warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals. The Uranotaenia species were amphibian-feeders and also fed on reptiles and fishes, but not on warm-blooded animals. Medical importance of mosquito species is discussed as related to their feeding patterns and transmission of mosquito-borne diseases.

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“…Restingsite collections also yield a higher percentage of blood-engorged females than do traps (Komar et al 1995). This is important for studies aimed at determining host specificity for various mosquito species, which require blood-engorged female mosquitoes in order to permit blood-meal identification (Irby and Apperson 1988, Hassan et al 2003, Cupp et al 2004). Restingsite collections are more productive than traps for collecting certain mosquito species, e.g., Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say (Huffacker and Back 1943) and Culiseta melanura (Coq.)…”

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Preference of Female Mosquitoes for Natural and Artificial Resting Sites

Burkett‐Cadena¹,

Eubanks²,

Unnasch³

2008

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

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At a wetland study site in Tuskegee National Forest, AL, resting female mosquitoes were collected from natural and artificial resting sites to identify species-specific resting sites and to evaluate various artificial resting sites for their utility in collecting resting mosquitoes. Natural resting sites included small tree cavities, large tree cavities, and understory vegetation. Artificial resting sites included resting boxes, fiber pots, and plastic trash cans. We collected 12,888 female mosquitoes, representing 23 species in 8 genera, during the 6-month study. Each mosquito species demonstrated a preference for a particular type of resting site. Resting Aedes vexans females were collected almost exclusively from understory vegetation, while the great majority of Anopheles quadrimaculatus females were aspirated from large tree cavities. Culex erraticus and Cx. peccator females preferred trash cans over other available resting sites. Females of Cx. territans, although collected most commonly in large tree cavities, were also collected frequently from understory vegetation and trash cans. A multiple regression of resting-site parameters (excluding vegetation), including volume, surface area, and opening size, indicated that 50% and 20% of the variability associated with An. quadrimaculatus and Cx. territans collections, respectively, could be explained by opening size. Inner surface area and volume accounted for 33% and 12% of variation in Cx. erraticus and Cx. peccator collections, respectively. Thus, female mosquitoes generally preferred larger resting sites over smaller resting sites. Similarly shaped artificial resting sites (fiber pots and trash cans) yielded comparable numbers of females per unit of volume (for those species that preferred artificial resting sites), indicating that shape of the resting site is an important factor in resting-site preference. In addition, trash cans proved to be a valuable novel tool for collecting resting female mosquitoes.

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Hosts of Mosquitoes in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina

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Host Feeding Patterns ofCulexMosquitoes and West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States

Host Feeding Patterns ofCulexMosquitoes and West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States

Bloodmeal identification and feeding habits of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected at five islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Preference of Female Mosquitoes for Natural and Artificial Resting Sites

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