Quantitative assessment of emergence of blood-sucking mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) by the hydrobiological method and by cone-shaped traps

Abstract

Two methods of estimating the emergence and transfer of biomass of blood-sucking mosquitoes (Diptera and Culicidae) are compared. The phonological and quantitative data obtained by the hydrobiological method (using an aquatic net and a tray) and using cone-shaped traps are different. Nevertheless, the general characteristics of the studied processes are similar. Results of the hydrobiological method showed that the total value of the annual transfer of biomass by Culicidae accounts for 3.157 g wet weight m^-2 per year; that of cone-shaped traps is 3.457 g wet weight m^-2 per year.