adult mosquito
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadultandmosquito
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adult
adjective
uk/ˈæd.ʌlt/us/ˈæd.ʌlt/
grown to full size ...
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mosquito
noun[C]
uk/məˈskiː.təʊ/us/məˈskiː.t̬oʊ/
a small flying insect that bites people and animals and sucks ...
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(Definition ofadultandmosquitofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theadultmosquitocan measure from 4-10 mm, and morphologically has the three body parts common to insects: head, thorax, and abdomen.
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After a few days as a pupa, the dorsal surface of the cephalothorax splits and theadultmosquitoemerges.
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Theadultmosquitoemerges from the mature pupa as it floats at the water surface.
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The presence of suitable containers in and around households increases the risk of oviposition and the production of immatures and adult mosquitoes.
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Overall, light-traps captured 78% of adult mosquitoes collected by all methods.
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Bioassays were used to assess behavioural avoidance activity of adult mosquitoes in the presence of increasing temperature.
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Behavioural avoidance of extreme heat might be one of several putative survival strategies used by adult mosquitoes encountering such conditions in the field.
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As soon as pupae were detected, each pool was completely covered with a nylon net supported by wire semicircles of approximately 45 cm radius to retain emerging adult mosquitoes.
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For the ace-1 locus, the predation cost of the resistance alleles seems to be restricted to the larval stage : spiders seem to capture susceptible and resistant adult mosquitoes equally.
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Larvae were seldom seen once this treatment regime was established, and adult mosquitoes ceased to bite the staff carrying out treatments.
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A considerable amount of research has been carried out on adult mosquitoes in this country but only two studies have investigated the breeding of mosquito larvae.
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In the mid-1950s the scope of malaria eradication became national - all rural houses were supposed to be sprayed - and only adult mosquitoes were the targets.
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Mechanical traps use a fan to blow adult mosquitoes into a collection bag that is taken back to the laboratory for analysis of catch.
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The variation of the body size in adult mosquitoes depends on the density of the larval population and food supply within the breeding water.
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Adult mosquitoes usually mate within a few days after emerging from the pupal stage.
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Since these circumstances are seldom optimal, the average body size of adult mosquitoes is considerably smaller than 10 mm.
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Etofenprox is used at low volumes to control adult mosquitoes, non biting midges, biting and non-biting flies.
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