Oviposition Behavior of <i>Aedes aegypti</i> and <i>Aedes albopictus</i> (Diptera: Culicidae) from Panama Under Experimental L4-Larval Co-Occurrence Scenarios.

ABSTRACT: While a great deal of research has been conducted to identify the biotic mechanisms influencing the co-occurrence of aquatic Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, including inter-specific larval competition and mating interference, few studies have been completed to investigate their oviposition behaviors under co-occurrence scenarios. Herein, we performed three experiments to understand the influence of conspecific and heterospecific L4-larvae presence in oviposition by antagonist Aedes spp. mosquitoes. We compared egg counts of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus in cups with water and conspecific or heterospecific larvae (either present or removed), or no larvae as control. In the first experiment, we used small cages; in the second experiment, we used

SUBMITTER: Tunon R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12653154 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature