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11: Entomopathogenic Fungi <strong>and</strong> their Role in Regulation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Insect</strong> Populations 411<br />

found to be the critical factor in epizootics caused by<br />

C. punctatus (Apperson et al., 1992). Pillai (1971)<br />

sampled over 400 pools in New Zeal<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

detected C. opifexi in only 21. When pools that<br />

had both mosquito <strong>and</strong> copepod hosts were intentionally<br />

inoculated, disease levels persisted for over<br />

2 years, but disease incidence remained low (mean<br />

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