Excerpt from The Mosquitoes of the Southeastern States Mosquitoes have extremely diverse breeding habits, particularly in respect to the type Of place Selected for oviposition. Because Of this diversity the species to be dealt with and their individual habits must be known before control measures can be applied intelligently. If the work is undertaken for the control Of one Of the common diseases, such as malaria or dengue fever, the presence Of the disease itself, in the Southern States at least, indicates a particular species Of mosquito. A study Of the distribution Of human cases Of the disease serves to localize the problem, and a mosquito survey is undertaken to aid in developing the plan Of procedure. At the same time the possibilities Of including control measures against purely Obnoxious species that may be present should not be overlooked. Where relief from annoyance is the main Object, a thorough Species survey is necessary to determine what the problem is and the relative impor tance Of the different kinds, since more than one species is usually involved. Even in coastal areas, where it is known that the salt marsh species are the principal culprits, it is still highly important to know whether fresh-water breeders are sufficiently numerous to require consideration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.