WEIGHT AND DEVELOPMENT TIME OF DIFFERENT STADIA OF MOSQUITOES REARED AT VARIOUS CONSTANT TEMPERATURES | The Canadian Entomologist | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)

Abstract

Development time decreased with each increase in rearing temperature in Aedes vexans, A. nigromaculis, and Culiseta inornata until the optimum survival temperature was reached. The optimum survival temperature for A. vexans was 26.5 °C, for A. nigromaculis 21 °C, and for C. inornata 21 °C. Dry weight gain per hour in female larvae was greater than in male larvae in all three species, at all temperatures. There was a significant reduction in weight in each larval instar, pupal, and adult stage, with each 5.5 °C increase in rearing temperature. Times to larval–pupal ecdysis and pupal–adult ecdysis were the same for males and females of A. nigromaculis at all developmental temperatures tested. Time to larval–pupal ecdysis and pupal–adult ecdysis in A. vexans and C. inornata occurred 1 to several days later in females, depending upon the developmental temperature. In all three species the duration of the fourth instar was longest and the specific weight gain greatest.

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