Background: Because no dengue vaccine or antiviral therapy is commercially available, controlling the primary mosquito
vector, Aedes aegypti, is currently the only means to prevent dengue outbreaks. Traditional models of Ae. aegypti assume
that population dynamics are regulated by density-dependent larval competition for food and little affected by oviposition
behavior. Due to direct impacts on offspring survival and development, however, mosquito choice in oviposition site can
have important consequences for population regulation that should be taken into account when designing vector control
programs.