Oviposition behavior of Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) responding to semiochemicals associated with the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis …

AM Why, WE Walton - Journal of medical entomology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Considerable previous research has focused on predator-associated semiochemicals and
how they affect mosquito oviposition behavior. However, most of this work has been done …

Ovipositional Responses of Two Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) Species to Larvivorous Fish

WE Walton, AR Van Dam… - Journal of Medical …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Species-specific differences in the responses of egg-laying mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)
to the presence of fish exudates in oviposition sites in laboratory bioassays have been …

Identification of Chemicals Associated Gambusia affinis (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), and Their Effect on Oviposition Behavior of Culex tarsalis (Diptera …

AM Why, DH Choe, WE Walton - Journal of Medical Entomology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard), has been used worldwide for
the control of larval mosquitoes for more than 100 yr. We found that the western encephalitis …

Oviposition of Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) Differs on Water Conditioned by Potential Fish and Insect Predators

AM Why, JR Lara, WE Walton - Journal of medical entomology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The response of egg-laying Culex tarsalis Coquillett (Diptera: Culicidae) to water
conditioned by three fish species used for mosquito control and three predatory aquatic …

Oviposition Behavior of Culex annulirostris (Diptera: Culicidae) Is Affected by the Recent Presence of Invasive Gambusia holbrooki (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)

JK Hanford, DF Hochuli, CE Webb - Journal of medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Constructed wetlands are popular tools for managing threatened flora and fauna in urban
settings, but there are concerns that these habitats may increase mosquito populations and …

Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito avoids ovipositing in habitats with the annual fish (Nothobranchius neumanni) in Tanzania

GR Mataba, L Munishi, L Brendonck… - Aquatic Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Mosquitoes are known to choose oviposition habitats actively based on their suitability for
survival of their offspring. They thus avoid laying eggs in dangerous habitats with aquatic …

Chemicals of Predatory Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Influence Selection of Oviposition Site by Culex Mosquitoes

KA Angelon, JW Petranka - Journal of chemical ecology, 2002 - Springer
Ovipositing insects may avoid aquatic sites where there is high predation risk to their
offspring, but the proximate mechanisms that mediate avoidance behavior are poorly …

The effect of predatory fish exudates on the ovipostional behaviour of three mosquito species: Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti and Culex tarsalis

AR Van Dam, WE Walton - Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Three mosquito species, Culex tarsalis Coquillett, Culex quinquefasciatus Say and Aedes
aegypti L.(Diptera: Culicidae), were examined in laboratory binary choice experiments to …

Melanotaenia duboulayi influence oviposition site selection by Culex annulirostris (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes notoscriptus (Diptera: Culicidae) but not Culex …

TP Hurst, BH Kay, MD Brown… - Environmental …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Some species of mosquito can detect the presence of larvivorous fish and select against
ovipositing in pools supporting them. The effect of kairomones released by the crimson …

Mosquito oviposition and larvae development in response to kairomones originated by different fish

S Cohen, A Silberbush - Medical and veterinary entomology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Predator‐released kairomones indicating the presence of predatory fish are known to alter
the behaviour and life‐history traits of several aquatic herbivores. Culex mosquitoes …