Wingbeat sound of female mosquitoes and its application in mosquito control.
Author of the article:ZHANG Shi-Miao1,MO Jian-Chu1,FU Gui-Ming2,CHENG Jia-An1
Author's Workplace:(1.Urban Entomology Research Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China; 2.Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310009,China)
Key Words:female mosquito; wingbeat sound; control
Abstract:When mosquitoes fly, their wing would produce continuous wingbeat sounds. The frequencies of wingbeat sounds of female mosquitoes change with the species, body length, age of mosquitoes and the environmental temperature. It is usually in the range of 300