The ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) that grow in natural and artificial breeding sites in a rural of North Paraná State, Brazil. III. Containers as breeding sites

Authors

  • José Lopes Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Mario Antonio Navarro da Silva Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Vânia Darlene Rampazzo Bachega de Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Ângela Maria Borsato Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Maria Cristina Pires Braga Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.1995v16n2p244

Keywords:

Culicidade, Artificial breeding sites.

Abstract

Any container way is of importance in the process of settlement for Culicidae. With the use of containers made of plastic, cans, bamboo and tires in a ciliary's forest at the North of Parana state, Brazil This work aimed at knowing how such containers would function as breeding sites for mosquitoes females, it was observed that both can and bamboo containers pass through a process of inorganic and organic chemical reactions, it is only after the water of those containers has stabilized that they become effective breeding sites. Plastic and tires were accepted as breeding sites just after they were fitted with water. Tires were preferred to, in first place. They had the highest densities and diversify of larvae.


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Author Biographies

José Lopes, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Professor do Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal - Centro de Ciência Biológicas - Universidade Estadual de Londrina - CCB/UEL.

Mario Antonio Navarro da Silva, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Professor do Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal - Centro de Ciência Biológicas - Universidade Estadual de Londrina - CCB/UEL.

Vânia Darlene Rampazzo Bachega de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Aluno Estagiário do curso de bacharelado em Ciência Biológicas. UEL

Ângela Maria Borsato, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Aluno Estagiário do curso de bacharelado em Ciência Biológicas. UEL

Maria Cristina Pires Braga, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Aluno Estagiário do curso de bacharelado em Ciência Biológicas. UEL

Published

2004-12-15

How to Cite

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Lopes J, Silva MAN da, Oliveira VDRB de, Borsato Ângela M, Braga MCP. The ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) that grow in natural and artificial breeding sites in a rural of North Paraná State, Brazil. III. Containers as breeding sites. Semin. Cienc. Biol. Saude [Internet]. 2004 Dec. 15 [cited 2026 Jun. 6];16(2):244-53. Available from: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/7040

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