There is growing of the effects of insecticide used controlling the vectors of human diseases.
Manipulating or introducing an auto-reproducing predator into the ecosystem may provide …

Background and purpose: Mosquitoes are responsible for the transmission of many
pathogens such as malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, and so on. The control of …

Background Problems associated with resistant mosquitoes and the effects on non-target
species by chemicals, evoke a reason to find alternative methods to control mosquitoes, like …

The suitability of three indigenous, air-breathing fishes as predators of mosquito larvae were
assessed under field and laboratory conditions using Culex quinquefasciatus as prey. In the …

The presence of pathogens or predators in water may alter oviposition behaviour of gravid
female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. We evaluated the oviposition behaviour of A. aegypti in …

The green synthesis of nanopesticides has been recently proposed to improve the efficacy
of mosquito control programs. However, limited efforts shed light on the impact of sub-lethal …

Live diets are preferably used for rearing Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens Regan,
1910) since they provide superior growth over the dry feed. In the current study, three …

Objectives This study assessed the predatory potentiality of two unexplored fishes, Puntius
tetrazona and Hyphessobrycon rosaceus on Culex vishnui subgroup larvae in order to …

Summary Objective In Northeast Brazil, large domestic containers used to store water are
important breeding sites of Aedes aegypti, the main vector of dengue fever. The objective of …

Background Mosquitoes that breed in temporary pools in remote areas that dry up
seasonally are especially difficult to control through chemical or biological means. The …