Plant Natural Products for the Control of Aedes aegypti: The Main Vector of Important Arboviruses

MRS Silvério, LS Espindola, NP Lopes, PC Vieira - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The mosquito species Aedes aegypti is one of the main vectors of arboviruses, including
dengue, Zika and chikungunya. Considering the deficiency or absence of vaccines to …

Why is Aedes aegypti Linnaeus so Successful as a Species?

FD Carvalho, LA Moreira - Neotropical entomology, 2017 - Springer
Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes impose enormous burden towards human morbidity
and mortality. Over the last three decades, Brazil has suffered from severe Dengue …

Attracted to the enemy: Aedes aegypti prefers oviposition sites with predator-killed conspecifics

D Albeny-Simoes, EG Murrell, SL Elliot, MR Andrade… - Oecologia, 2014 - Springer
Oviposition habitat choices of species with aquatic larvae are expected to be influenced by
both offspring risk of mortality due to predation, and offspring growth potential. Aquatic …

Predators as control agents of mosquito larvae in micro-reservoirs

DD Vinogradov, AY Sinev, AV Tiunov - Inland Water Biology, 2022 - Springer
The article reviews predators that are able to control populations of mosquito larvae
(Culicidae) in phytotelmata and their anthropogenic analogs. The spectrum of mosquito …

Nature's Solution to Aedes Vectors: Toxorhynchites as a Biocontrol Agent

PR Sukupayo, RC Poudel… - Journal of Tropical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes the predatory potential of Toxorhynchites mosquitoes as biological
control agents for Aedes vectors. A single larva can consume hundreds of mosquito larvae …

Laboratory evaluation of predation of Toxorhynchites amboinensis (Diptera: Culicidae) on three mosquito vectors of arboviruses in the Philippines

JR Digma, AC Sumalde, CC Salibay - Biological Control, 2019 - Elsevier
The spread of arboviral disease in the Province of Cavite, Philippines has resulted to the
declaration of state of calamities which has led to higher disease burden and economic …

Toxicity of squamocin on Aedes aegypti larvae, its predators and human cells

MS Costa, AEG Santana, LL Oliveira… - Pest management …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The mosquito Aedes aegypti transmits a virus that causes diverse human
diseases, and control of the vector is an important strategy to avoid disease propagation …

Predation ability Toxorhynchites splendens larvae from Banjarbaru

S Hadisusanto, SR Umniyati… - IOP Conference Series …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The population of Toxorhynchites splendens in the rural area of the administrative city of
Banjarbaru is quite abundant. This can be developed as part of the control management of …

Why are Aedes mosquitoes rare colonisers of Nepenthes pitcher plants?

LY Chou, RF Wilson, GA Dykes… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
1. N epenthes pitcher plants produce fluid‐containing animal traps that are colonised by a
variety of specialised arthropods, especially dipterans. However, container‐breeding vector …

Presence of a predator image in potential breeding sites and oviposition responses of a dengue vector

H Dieng, T Satho, NFB Suradi, H Hakim, F Abang… - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
In dengue vector control, attempts to minimize or replace the use of pesticides have mostly
involved use of predators, but success has been severely impeded by difficulties associated …