PARITY AND BLOOD-FED STATUS OF AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS DO NOT DIFFER BETWEEN HUMAN LANDING RATE COUNTS AND BG COUNTER 2 TRAPS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS

LAWRENCE J.  HRIBAR; HEIDI L. MURRAY; CATHERINE A. PRUSZYNSKI

doi:10.32473/jfmca.73.1.142412

PARITY AND BLOOD-FED STATUS OF AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS DO NOT DIFFER BETWEEN HUMAN LANDING RATE COUNTS AND BG COUNTER 2 TRAPS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS

Authors

LAWRENCE J. HRIBAR Florida Keys Mosquito Control District
HEIDI L. MURRAY Florida Keys Mosquito Control District
CATHERINE A. PRUSZYNSKI Florida Keys Mosquito Control District

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32473/jfmca.73.1.142412

Keywords:

Aedes taeniorhynchus, surveillance, parity

Abstract

The reproductive and blood-fed status of Aedes taeniorhynchus collected from BG Counter 2 traps and from human landing rate counts were compared. Mosquitoes (n = 3,061) were collected in August/September 2022 and June 2023 on Big Pine Key and No Name Key. Parity rates and number of blood-fed females did not differ significantly between sampling methods.