Abstract
Field studies on the ecology of mosquito spiroplasmas (Mollicutes) were carried out on a number of swampy biotopes along the Atlantic coast of France and the banks of the Loire River (Loire-Atlantique). Spiroplasma sabaudiense and the Cantharis spiroplasma were isolated from Aedes detritus and Ae. caspius during May and June 1988 but disappeared in August and September.These data confirm the results of previous surveys performed in Savoia, Northern Alps, among other species of mosquitoes. It is possible that mosquitoes acquire their spiroplasma infections during the spring from flowers following their emergence and not from their aquatic environment.
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