Accession Number:

AD0423397

Title:

MOSQUITO REPULSION.

Descriptive Note:

Annual progress rept., 1 Feb-31 Oct 63,

Corporate Author:

BRITISH COLUMBIA RESEARCH COUNCIL VANCOUVER

Personal Author(s):

• Wright,R. H.

Report Date:

1963-10-31

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

Based on experiments with Aedes aegypti, a theory of the repellent action of chemicals like dimethyl phthalate was advanced. The responses of Anopheles quadrimaculatus are sufficiently different from those of Aedes aegypti to suggest that this theory is probably an over-simplification. Nevertheless, the presumption remains that the insect does not react to the presence of dimethyl phthalate specifically, but rather that the chemical repellents act on a sensory system that normally serves for the perception of some other environmental factors. An attempt is being made to identify these factors. Author

Descriptors:

• *INSECT REPELLENTS
• *ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
• ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
• ALCOHOLS
• ESTERS
• INFRARED SPECTRA
• CARBON DIOXIDE
• SKIN(ANATOMY)
• EMISSIVITY
• HUMIDITY
• WATER VAPOR
• TABLES(DATA)
• SENSES(PHYSIOLOGY)
• AMIDES
• MONOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
• MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE