General Abstract Submission
Poster Session
Erin Cloherty Duvernay, MSPH
City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite & Rodent Control Board and PhD Student at Louisiana State University, Dept. of Entomology
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Bacillus thuringiensis israeliensis (Bti) is a bacterium used as a larvicide to control mosquito populations. We hypothesized that larval Aedes aegypti exposed to sublethal concentrations of Bti and fed to predator, Toxorhynchites rutilus larvae, would result in T. rutilus mortality. No significant mortality was observed. Further investigations are needed to determine effects in the adult populations of T. rutilus that consumed mosquito larvae exposed to Bti.