in a series of laboratory oviposition assays , gravid toxorhynchites splendens exhibited a preference for cups containing aedes aegypti larval rearing water , but not for cups containing liquid cultures of bacteria , live ae . aegypti in distilled water , ae . aegypti larval holding water with reduced bacterial contamination , or methyl propionate at 0.1 , 0.2 and 0.3 % in distilled water .
C0043047
water
C0790233
distilled water