Effect of Body Size on Host Seeking and Blood Meal Utilization in Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae): the Disadvantage of Being Small

W Takken, MJ Klowden… - Journal of medical …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
The survival, metabolic reserves, and host-seeking response of unfed Anopheles gambiae
Giles sensu stricto females of different size classes were investigated from 1 to 6 d after …

Malaria parasites enhance blood-feeding of their naturally infected vector Anopheles punctulatus

JC Koella, MJ Packer - Parasitology, 1996 - cambridge.org
We investigated the blood-feeding behaviour of a natural population of the human-feeding
mosquito Anopheles punctulatus in Iguruwe, Papua New Guinea. In particular we …

The programming of circadian flight‐activity in relation to mating and the gonotrophic cycle in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti

MDR Jones - Physiological Entomology, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
The circadian flight activity of female Aedes aegypti (L.) changes after insemination and
during the course of the gonotrophic cycle. Virgin females attain a high level of spontaneous …

Physiological aspects of multiple blood feeding in the malaria vector Anopheles tessellatus

MS Ramasamy, KA Srikrishnaraj, N Hadjirin… - Journal of insect …, 2000 - Elsevier
The malaria vector Anopheles tessellatus is able to take several blood meals in a
gonotrophic cycle. The fecundity is largely dependent on the first blood meal and is not …

[HTML][HTML] Optimisation of laboratory-rearing parameters for Anopheles funestus larvae and adults

LN Felamboahangy, ML Kaiser, MP Zengenene… - Acta Tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Anopheles funestus is one of the major malaria vectors in Africa. As with the other main
vectors, insecticide resistance in this species threatens existing vector control strategies …

Oviposition by African malaria vector mosquitoes: I. Temporal activity patterns of caged, wild-caught, freshwater Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu lato

AWR McCrae - Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 1983 - Taylor & Francis
Blood-fed females of the Anopheles gambiae species complex, most of which would have
been A. gambiae Giles sensu stricto, were collected from a freshwater locality in coastal …

Frequent Blood-Feeding and Restrictive Sugar-Feeding Behavior Enhance the Malaria Vector Potential of Anopheles gambiae sl and An. funestus (Diptera …

JC Beier - Journal of medical entomology, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Natural blood-feeding and sugar-feeding behaviors were investigated for populations of
Anopheles gambiae sl and An. funestus Giles at 2 sites in western Kenya. During peak …

The diel oviposition periodicity of Aedes aegypti (L.)(Diptera: Culicidae) in Trinidad, West Indies: effects of forced egg retention

DD Chadee - Bulletin of entomological research, 2010 - cambridge.org
The diel oviposition periodicity of two groups of Aedes aegypti females (Trinidad strain),(i)
thoses allowed access to oviposition sites and (ii) females forced to retain-eggs for four …

Blood-feeding behavior of dengue-2 virus-infected Aedes aegypti.

JL Putnam, TW Scott - The American journal of tropical medicine …, 1995 - europepmc.org
This study was designed to determine if infection of Aedes aegypti with dengue-2 virus
affects the ability of the mosquito to efficiently locate and imbibe blood from an uninfected …

Seasonal incidence and diel patterns of oviposition in the field of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera:Culicidae) in Trinidad, West Indies: a preliminary study

DD Chadee, PS Corbet - Annals of Tropical Medicine & …, 1987 - Taylor & Francis
Diel patterns of oviposition of domestic Aedes aegypti in the field in Trinidad, West Indies
were monitored weekly for one year using standard ovitraps. During the wet season (May to …