caa a22 4500 47708365X CHVBK 20180405111456.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01919544 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01919544 The prey consumption and prey preference of the larvae of the mosquito Culex (Lutzia) raptor on the larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus [Elektronische Daten] [T. Thangam, K. Kathiresan] The maximum consumption of the larvae of the pest and vector mosquitoCulex quinquefasciatus by the predatory mosquitoCulex (Lutzia) raptor was studied at various instars of both the predator and the prey. The prey preferences of the predator when given lavae of different instars were also investigated. The IVth instar of the predator consumed the maximum number of Ist instar and the maximum biomass of IVth instar larvae of the prey. Instars I and II of the predator preferred the Ist of the prey; instars III and IV of the predator preferred instars II and III of the prey respectively.The predator consumed an average of 157.1 larvae during its whole larval period, when each instar of the predator was given its preferred instar of the prey. Birkhäuser Verlag, 1996 Biological control nationallicence mosquito larvae nationallicence Culex (Lutzia) raptor nationallicence Thangam T. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, (India) aut Kathiresan K. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, (India) aut Experientia Birkhäuser-Verlag 52/4(1996-04-01), 380-382 0014-4754 52:4<380 1996 52 18 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01919544 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01919544 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thangam T. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, (India) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kathiresan K. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, (India) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experientia Birkhäuser-Verlag 52/4(1996-04-01), 380-382 0014-4754 52:4<380 1996 52 18 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer