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1 January 2012 Dispersal of Culex Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from a Wastewater Treatment Facility
Alexander T. Ciota, Cori L. Drummond, Meghan A. Ruby, Jason Drobnack, Gregory D. Ebel, Laura D. Kramer
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Abstract

A mark-recapture project examined dispersal and flight distances of Culex mosquitoes from a wastewater treatment plant in Albany, NY, during 2007 and 2008. A self-marking device was constructed to mark egressing mosquitoes with fluorescent marking powder. Mosquitoes were recaptured using 30 CDC miniature light traps located within a 2.0 km radius of the marking site. A total of 13 and 10 marked Culex mosquitoes were recaptured in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Culex mosquitoes traveled a minimum of 0.16 km, a maximum of 1.98 km and, following correction for decreasing trap density with distance, had a mean distance traveled of 1.33 km. Characterizing the dispersal patterns of these mosquitoes is important for understanding the distribution of West Nile virus and other pathogens.

© 2012 Entomological Society of America
Alexander T. Ciota, Cori L. Drummond, Meghan A. Ruby, Jason Drobnack, Gregory D. Ebel, and Laura D. Kramer "Dispersal of Culex Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from a Wastewater Treatment Facility," Journal of Medical Entomology 49(1), 35-42, (1 January 2012). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME11077
Received: 11 April 2011; Accepted: 1 September 2011; Published: 1 January 2012
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KEYWORDS
Culex pipiens
Culex restuans
Culex salinarius
dispersal
mark-recapture
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