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Physical Environment and Behaviour of Immature Stages of Aedes communis (Deg.) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Subarctic Canada1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. O. Haufe
W. O. Haufe
Affiliation:
Veterinary and Medical Entomology Section Science Service Laboratory Lethbridge, Alberta
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Studies on the biology and control of biting flies in the Canadian north have been described by Hocking et al. (1950), Twinn et al. (1948), and Twinn (1950). The biological investigations have been directed largely toward the economic control of biting flies in isolated military areas. In the subarctic regions of North America so many factors influence the rate of development of mosquitoes that simple relations of time and temperature cannot be used to estimate adequately the periods of infestation. Casual field observations of mosquito larvae and pupae suggested that behaviour patterns peculiar to northern species modify the effect of environmental conditions on the rate of development.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 89 , Issue 3 , March 1957 , pp. 120 - 139
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1957

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