关键词: 中剑水蚤, 白纹伊蚊, 生物防治

Abstract: This paper reported the results of predatory copepod Mesocyclops leukarti collected in local area of Shandong province on the control of Ae. albopictus larvae under laboratory and field conditions. M. leukarti was highly predatory on Ae.albopictus' first instar larvae. One gravid copepod could swallow 56 larvae within 48hours. Cage simulation test indicated that M. leukarti eliminated larval mosquito population in 7 weeks and adult mosquito population in 9 weeks. Under filed conditions,M. leukarti alone successfully controlled the breeding of mosquito larvae in the whole mosquito active season, and the combination of M. leukarti with B.thuringiensis H-14 revealed more effective. As the Mesocyclops can be produced easily and economically at large scale and it is able to establish its colony in the mosquito breeding site and so make long-term sustained control possible, it is believed to be one of the most promising biocontrol agents for Aedes mosquitoes.