Description
Material provided: Live eggs
Unit definition: Batch of >5000 live eggs
Vector information
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species: Aedes aegypti
Strain Name: BORA
Place of origin: Bora-Bora island (French Polynesia)
Date of colonisation: before 1980
Production protocol
Eggs are hatched in dechlorinated tap water and larvae are reared under controlled conditions of 350-400 larvae per 1.5-2 liters and fed with shrimp pellets (NovoPrawn®) everyday until pupae instar. Adults are kept in cages at 26°±1°C with a 14h:10h light: dark cycle, 80% relative humidity, and supplied with a 10% honey solution.
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