Larval breeding sides or larval habitats of mosquito survey was conducted in ThaPhan Pinseit, ThaPyu Pinseit, PaukGone and SarPhyusu villages in Ein-Me and Pake-Tar-Gyi, Moe-Kaung, Au-Kyun and Yay-Lein villages in Wakema Townships in Ayeyarwady Region. A total of 4102(47.97%) larvae from Wakema and 4450(52.03%) larvae from Ein-me Townships consist of 11 species of mosquito larvae were collected. Three species of Culex as Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. vishnui, and Cx. quinquefqsciatus, one species each of Mansonia and Armigerese and four species of Anopheles as An. hyrcanus, An. barbirostris, An. vagus and An. tesselatus, and two species of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus larvae were collected from 15 kinds of larval habitats as ponds, rice fields, slowly running water, streams, creeks, foot prints, metal drums, concrete drum, concrete jars, Bago jars, spirit bowls, toilets water, hyacinth vegetation and polluted water pools. Of these habitats the highest density of larvae was collected from rice fields water (23.45% and 26.11%) followed by polluted water pools (19.79 and 21.16%) and lowest density was observed from foot prints (1.73% and 0.1%) in both Wakhinma and Ein-me Townships. Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. vishnui and Anopheles larvae were collected from all water sources except water storage containers as metal drums, concrete drum, concrete jars, Bago jars, spirit bowls were only Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus larvae positive. In both Townships, will be suffer high risk of vector borne diseases transmission due to high density of JE, Filariasis, and Dengue vectors are availed in these areas. There is a need to control mosquito density and also need to prevent man vector contact in both Townships.

Keywords: Larva, Habitats, Mosquitoes, Density, Anopheles, Culex, Aedes, Metal Drum, Concrete Tank, Vectors, Ae. aegypti, Ae. albopictus, Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. Quinquefasciatus.

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