Reduced productivity ofCulex pipiensandCx. restuans(Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes in parking area catch basins in the northeast Chicago metropolitan area
- 15 May 2017
- journal article
- Published by Society for Vector Ecology in Journal of Vector Ecology
- Vol. 42 (1), 148-154
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12249
Abstract
From June to September, 2016, 100 catch basins in eight parking areas were monitored weekly for the presence of mosquito pupae in the operational area of the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District (NSMAD) located just north of Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Weekly results from these basins were compared to weekly samples taken from residential street catch basins, the most common type of catch basin treated seasonally by the NSMAD with larvicides. Over the 17 study weeks, residential street basins had a mean rate of productivity (pupae per basin-visit) 12 times that of parking area catch basins. The two parking area sites with the highest mean rate of productivity were associated with county forest preserves. Productivity in both street and parking area basins was positively associated with the presence of three or more deciduous trees within 20 m of basins and if they were located directly adjacent to curbs. Alternatively, productivity was negatively associated with the proportion of impervious surface within 10 m of basins and weekly rainfall. Findings suggest that reduced catch basin larvicide applications may be appropriate in many parking area sites.Keywords
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