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The Effect of Temperature on the Immature Stages of Culiseta inornata (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. Hanec  and
R. A. Brust
W. Hanec
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
R. A. Brust
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Abstract

A study was initiated to determine the effects of various constant and alternating temperatures on the survival and development of the immature stages of Culiseta inornata (Williston). Eggs did not hatch at 2° and 5 °C. but at 10°, 15°, 21° and 26 °C. between 83 and 96% hatched. Larvae required up to 239 days to reach the pupal stage at 5 °C. but no adults emerged at this temperature. The optimum temperature for rearing C. inornata was near 21 °C. Temperatures below 21 °C. caused an extended period of development; above 21 °C. high mortality occurred among late instar larvae and pupae.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 59 - 64
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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