Cannibalism in mosquito larvae during microbial larvicide potency tests.
Culex pipiens
Lysinibacillus sphaericus (Bacillus sphaericus)
bioassay
intraspecific predation
larval feeding
larval starvation
Journal
Folia parasitologica
ISSN: 1803-6465
Titre abrégé: Folia Parasitol (Praha)
Pays: Czech Republic
ID NLM: 0065750
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Jan 2020
01 Jan 2020
Historique:
received:
23
02
2019
accepted:
13
12
2019
entrez:
1
5
2020
pubmed:
1
5
2020
medline:
10
9
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We observed instances of cannibalism (intraspecific predation) among intra-instar larvae of Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 while performing a bioassay of Lysinibacillus sphaericus (formerly named Bacillus sphaericus) larvicide, when the larvae were exposed to the larvicide for 48 h in the absence of food. Larvae without symptoms of poisoning attacked and devoured those visibly affected. Cannibalism was more prevalent in 1
Identifiants
pubmed: 32350159
doi: 10.14411/fp.2020.005
doi:
pii:
Substances chimiques
Insecticides
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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