The paucity of information concerning mosquito flight ability resulted in experiments designed to estimate some aspects of mosquito flight potential under laboratory conditions. Each day for 6 weeks, eight female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were flown on flight mills, and the distance flown, duration of flights, flight speed, and weight lost during exhaustive flights were recorded. Comparisons of the performances of mosquitoes of different ages indicated that no statistical differences existed in flight ability as measured between consecutive days. Differences did occur between weekly age groups. Exhausted mosquitoes were analysed for glycogen content (the primary source of flight energy) and comparisons were made with glycogen levels of non-flown controls of identical pyhysiological age. (Author)


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    Titel :

    The Effect of Age on the Flight Performance of Female AEDES Aegypti Mosquitoes


    Beteiligte:
    W. A. Rowley (Autor:in) / C. L. Graham (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1968


    Format / Umfang :

    10 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch