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Some Insect Image Resources

  • Dennis Kunkel's Amazing Insect SEMs
  • Digital Dragondlies
  • Insect Images
    Entomology on World-Wide Web - University of Colorado
  • Joe Kunkel's Home Page

    Insect Biodiversity Project: South-central US and Mexico (i.e. Texas, etc.)

    Lepidoptera Resources

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    Insect Journals

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    Forensic Entomology

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    Lygus sp.

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    (photos by (R. G. Vogt)

    A Roach Resource

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    Animated Roach is from The Department of Entomology at Virginia Tech.

    Collecting / Supplies

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    Mosquito Resources

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    random discussion...

    I'm interested in lures for mosquito traps. I'm compiling a collection of effective mediums. I've heard that octenol is one such substance, as well as co2. I'd appreciate any information or if you could point me toward any research I'd appreciate it.

    In reply to the query about mosquito lures, Mike Service has reviewed this and many other related subjects in his book Mosquito Ecology: Field Sampling Methods. Pub: Elsevier/Chapman Hall ISBN 1-85166-789-9.

    Basically, different mosquito species react to octenol, lactic acid, CO2 etc in different ways. Some chemicals have an attractant effect that is only apparent in the presence of a second chemical.

    Such synergism is very common in the interactions of kairomones and pheromones. Feeding mosquitoes may even produce an invitation pheromone attracting other mosquitoes to the host.

    I hope that helps.

    Mike Service can be reached by e-mail to: mservice@liv.ac.uk

    Nevil said: What are the actual cues for a female mosquito to sense it's vertebrate source of blood ? Why doesn't the male "sense" them ? Would be grateful to anyone who can provide some definite answers and/or guide me to some of the more recent reading materials on the topic. Thanking you,

    Since this is the second message, that came across the net, I am passing on a post from an entomology friend. He also maintains an entomology www site at Iowa, which is very nice.

    Here is the post.>collection of effective mediums. I've heard that octenol is one such >substance, as well as co2. I'd appreciate any information or if you >could point me toward any research I'd appreciate it.

    Mark,

    There is a wealth of literature on this topic. Pick up any issue of the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association or the Journal of Medical Entomology and you'll probably run across an article or two.

    CO2 is by far the most commonly used. Octenol works for some genera but not others (in combination with CO2) and lactic acid works in combination with CO2. Other approaches are live baits (malaise traps) or aspirator/suction traps (see many articles by Bidlingmayer).

    The method you choose will depend on your objective. Engorged mosquitoes may come to oviposition attractants; host-seeking mosquitoes will come to host odors.

    John

    -- John VanDyk, Medical Entomology

    Internet: jvandyk@iastate.edu --