Practical activities are important resources for science teaching, however, the scarcity of biological materials prevents their widespread use in Basic Education. In this context, this study aims to analyze the contribution of the production of a zoological collection to the process of teaching and learning about arthropods in a class with 16 students from the 7th year of a public school in the interior of Rio ...
Since mosquito immatures had been previously reported found in bamboo internodes in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, a study was conducted from January to March 2011 to evaluate the mosquito fauna associated with artificially drilled bamboos in eight localities in the eastern region of this state. Ninety-one mosquitoes of the following species were recorded: Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (1.1%), Culex so...
Foram coletadas espécies de mosquitos antropofílicas em duas áreas de Mata Atlântica onde será implantada uma Unidade de Conservação no município de Itapema-SC. O objetivo desse estudo foi analisar o nível de preservação de duas áreas da Mata Atlântica através da composição da fauna de Culicidae. A dive...
Immature forms of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) were collected from bromeliads Nidularium innocentii var. paxianum in dense ombrophilous forest of Santa Catarina Island, state of Santa Catarina. Two hundred and eleven mosquitoes were collected; 37.44% Culex (Microculex) albipes, 19.91% Cx. (Mic.) davisi, 0.95% Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii and 0.47% Wyeomyia (Phoniomyia) tripartita. Correlation between the qua...