Effects of water depth and surface area on the oviposition behavior of aedes mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) / Siti Norsaiyidah Hisham

Dengue transmitted process is affected by a multipart of aspects such as environment, temperature, population behavior and DENV serotype immunity among human. DF and DHF has the highest increases among infectious diseases annually become the most important vector borne diseases. In Malaysia, dengue cases continuously reported every week. Understanding the association especially in between environmental characteristic and vector behavior significantly for better preventing and controlling dengue transmission. Depth had a significant effect on Ae. aegypti oviposition in the experimental environments colonized the number of eggs almost the same pattern on breeding site (ANOVA: df = 3, F = 31.312, P < 0.000) while on oviposition of Ae. albopictus (ANOVA: df = 3, F = 14.626, P < 0.000). Surface area had a significant outcome on Ae. aegypti oviposition in the experimental environments oviposit the number of eggs where almost the ascending pattern on breeding site (ANOVA: df = 2, F = 87.157, P < 0.005) while surface area had a significant outcome on Ae. aegypti oviposition in the experimental environments oviposit the number of eggs where almost the ascending pattern on breeding site (ANOVA: df = 2, F = 87.157, P < 0.005). It was shown that Ae. albopictus do not have preferable water depth contradict to Ae. aegypti where there is trend to oviposit more in highest depth of water. Despite the effect of depth of water on the Ae. albopictus, the number of eggs significantly difference on the experiment with surface area of water where the smallest the surface area received highest number of Ae. albopictus eggs laid compared to large surface area in both replica. Besides, Ae. aegypti also showed significant difference in surface area of water assessment, however, it strongly prefers larger surface area.