Abstract
Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) is a mosquito from Asia that can transmit a variety of diseases. This paper aimed to explore the effects of temperature, relative humidity, and illumination on the entomological parameters related to the population growth of Aedes albopictus, and provide specific parameters for developing dynamic models of mosquito-borne infectious disease. We used artificial simulation lab experiments, and set 27 different meteorological conditions to observe and record mosquito’s hatching time, emergence time, longevity of adult females, and oviposition amount. We then applied generalized additive model (GAM) and polynomial regression to formulate the effects of temperature, relative humidity, and illumination on the biological characteristics of Aedes albopictus. Our results showed that hatchability closely related to temperature and illumination. The immature stage and the survival time of adult female mosquitoes were associated with temperature and relative humidity. The oviposition rate related to temperature, relative humidity, and illumination. Under the control of relative humidity and illumination, ecological characteristics of mosquitoes such as hatching rate, transition rate, longevity, and oviposition rate had an inverted J shape with temperature, and the thresholds were 31.2 °C, 32.1 °C, 17.7 °C, and 25.7 °C, respectively. The parameter expressions of Aedes albopictus using meteorological factors as predictors under different stages were established. Meteorological factors especially temperature significantly influence the development of Aedes albopictus under different physiological stages. The established formulas of ecological parameters can provide important information for modeling mosquito-borne infectious diseases.
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Abbreviations
- GAM :
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Generalized additive model
- RH :
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Relative humidity
- GCV :
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Generalized cross-validation
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This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFA0606200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81773497, 42071377), and the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (2018A030313729, 2019B020208005). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Conceived and designed the study: Xiaoshuang Cai, Jianguo Zhao, Guanghu Zhu, Wenjun Ma.
Collected the data: Xiaoshuang Cai, Hui Deng, Jianpeng Xiao, Tao Liu, Weilin Zeng, Xing Li, Jianxiong Hu, Cunrui Huang.
Analyzed the data: Jianguo Zhao, Xiaoshuang Cai, Hui Deng.
Wrote the paper: Jianguo Zhao, Xiaoshuang Cai.
Revised the manuscript: Wenjun Ma, Guanghu Zhu.
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Cai, X., Zhao, J., Deng, H. et al. Effects of temperature, relative humidity, and illumination on the entomological parameters of Aedes albopictus: an experimental study. Int J Biometeorol 67, 687–694 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-023-02446-y
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