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EVALUATION OF AN ELECTRONIC MOSQUITO REPELLER

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

David J. Lewis ,
Wayne L. Fairchild  and
Daniel J. Leprince
David J. Lewis
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 1C0
Wayne L. Fairchild
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 1C0
Daniel J. Leprince
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 1C0
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Abstract

Antipic, an electronic mosquito repeller, was evaluated in the field and in the laboratory. It was ineffective in repelling natural populations of mosquitoes (mostly Aedes spp.) in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec.

Résumé

Antipic, un répulsif électronique à moustiques, fut évalué sur le terrain et en laboratoire. If fut inefficace pour repousser les moustiques (principalement Aedes spp.) à Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Québec.

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Articles
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 114 , Issue 8 , August 1982 , pp. 699 - 702
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1982

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