Investigating Male Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Attraction to Different Oviposition Containers Using Various Configurations of the Sound Gravid Aedes Trap.

摘要: Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus), the primary vectors of arboviruses dengue virus and Zika virus, continue to expand their global distributions. In efforts better control such species, several mosquito programs are investigating efficacy rearing releasing millions altered male throughout landscapes reduce populations disease transmission risk. Unfortunately, little is known about Ae. aegypti, especially male, dispersal behaviors within urban habitats. We deployed Sound-producing Gravid Traps (SGATs) in Cairns, northern Australia, investigate attraction various oviposition container configurations. The traps were arranged include: 1) water only, 2) organically infused water, 3) L3 larvae, 4) a human-scented lure, lastly 5) no or olfactory attractant (dry). Our data suggest that males more attracted SGATs representing active larval sites than potential sites, but equally dry relative those containing and/or infusion. Additionally, we found female wet SGATs, with without infusion, not ones. These results Australia containers as unlikely enter containers. Such findings contribute our understanding potentially attractive features for local released Australian landscape.