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Bionomics Of Culicoides Spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) From A Coastal Georgia Barrier Island, George J. Magnon
Bionomics Of Culicoides Spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) From A Coastal Georgia Barrier Island, George J. Magnon
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The seasonal abundance of adult Culicoides spp. on a coastal Georgia barrier island was determined during a 20-month period, September 1983 through May 1985 by CO2-baited CDC miniature light traps and sticky cylinder traps.
A total of 220,670 adult biting midges representing nineteen species and including the first report of C. loughnani Edwards in Georgia was collected. Culicoides furens (Poey), C. hollensis (Melander and Brues), and C. melleus (Coquillett) were the most abundant. Culicoides furens was abundant from early spring to late fall. Culicoides hollensis and C. melleus were bimodal with spring and fall abundance, but C. melleus …