Mosquito Species Breeding in Bromeliad Axils on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii

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dc.contributor.authorYang, Pingjun
dc.contributor.authorFurumizo, Roy
dc.contributor.authorTangalin, Leroy
dc.contributor.authorTakekuma, Clyde
dc.contributor.authorHall, Kenneth E.
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-02T09:51:13Z
dc.date.available2007-06-02T09:51:13Z
dc.date.issued2003-11
dc.descriptionScientific note.
dc.description.abstractBromeliads are important ornamental plants in Hawaii. They grow widely in yards, gardens and commercial nurseries. The water held in bromeliads provides breeding sites for mosquito larvae. A survey was conducted from May to September 2001 at four sites on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Choice of three species of bromeliads for the survey was based solely on the volume of reservoirs of water held in their axils. They were Vriesea aff. regina, Neoregelia sp. and Neoregelia ‘Macwilliamsii’. Four species of mosquitoes were recovered, including a bromeliad mosquito, Wyeomyia mitchellii (Theobald), the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus (Say), and a beneficial species, Toxorhynchites amboinensis (Doleschall). The abundance of mosquito larvae was affected by bromeliad species. The larvae of Wy. mitchellii, Ae. albopictus and T. amboinensis were found in all three species of bromeliads while Cu. quinquefasciatus was only recovered from V. aff. regina. Overall, V. aff. regina, the largest of the three species, contained more mosquito larvae, both in numbers and species, than the other two species of bromeliads. The abundance of mosquito larvae in bromeliads was also affected by their location. For the three noxious species of mosquitoes, the number of larvae present in the axils of the three species of bromeliads varied from site to site. For V. aff. regina, more Cu. quinquefasciatus larvae were found in the leaf axils than in the central axils. The three noxious species of mosquitoes can either breed alone or together in V. aff. regina axils.
dc.identifier.citationYang P, Furumizo R, Tangalin L, Takekuma C, Hall KE. 2003. Mosquito species breeding in bromeliad axils on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Proc Hawaiian Entomol Soc 36:95–101.
dc.identifier.issn0073-134X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/102
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherHawaiian Entomological Society
dc.subjectBromeliaceae
dc.subjectAedes albopictus
dc.subjectWyeomyia mitchellii
dc.subjectCulex quinquefasciatus
dc.subjectToxorhynchites amboinensis
dc.subjectCulicidae
dc.subjectoviposition sites
dc.subjectaquatic habitat
dc.subjecthost plants
dc.subjectplant morphology
dc.subjectlarvae
dc.subjectpopulation density
dc.subjectinsect surveys
dc.subjectinsect pests
dc.subjectKauai
dc.subjectHawaii
dc.subjectbreeding sites
dc.subjectVriesea
dc.subjectNeoregelia
dc.titleMosquito Species Breeding in Bromeliad Axils on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii
dc.typeArticle

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