Adult Mosquito Control by Airspray in Northern British Columbia and the Yukon

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Author: Sharp, J. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1952
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Yukon; Canada; British Columbia; Norman Wells; Fort Nelson; Watson Lake; Whitehorse
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent84281-9; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00101208

Experimental aerial spraying to control mosquitoes was carried out in 1949 and 1950 at several stations of the Royal Canadian Air Force in northern Canada. An account of the work in 1949 has been presented (Twinn, Brown, and Hurtig, 1950). The experiments in 1949 involved the use of a larvicide, fol...