Winter survival of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) eggs at its southern limit distribution

G Obholz, G San Blas, S Fischer, A Diaz - Acta Tropica, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Aedes aegypti (L.)(Diptera: Culicidae) survives in the egg stage under unfavorable
environmental conditions. In this study, we assessed the survival of Ae. aegypti eggs under
natural winter conditions as an overwintering mechanism. To address this, field collected
eggs (from Buenos Aires city) were exposed for three months during the winter season in
three sites of Santa Rosa and General Acha (La Pampa province, Argentina). Eggs survival
and hatching response were analyzed considering two factors (site of exposure and time of …
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