Abstract
Two mosquito species, Aedes camptorhynchus (Thomson) and Aedes vigilax (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) are responsible for significant nuisance biting and disease transmission in southern coastal Australia. Mosquito abundance, tide height, temperature and rainfall data were collected over three summer seasons (2002, 2003, 2004) at Port Pirie, South Australia and subjected to statistical analysis to develop ecological models for predicting problem mosquito outbreaks. A logistic regression model for Ae. camptorhynchus gave a predictive R 2 of 0.30 using mean air temperature, whereas, for Ae. vigilax, tide height, mean air temperature and day length yielded a regression with an R 2 of 0.68. These models identify significant environmental drivers for both species and may be useful in the prediction of future outbreaks, particularly of Ae. vigilax.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-91 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Medical and Veterinary Entomology |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published or Issued - Mar 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aedes camptorhynchus
- Aedes vigilax
- Coastal
- Mosquito
- Outbreak prediction
- Problem
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Parasitology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- General Veterinary
- Insect Science