When exposed to a human host, Anopheles gambiae started probing 4 h post-eclosion, but
95% successfully blood-fed by 16-20 h with maximal blood volumes of 5-10 µl per female …

The following is based largely on the authors' conclusions. Determinations were made in the
laboratory in Canada of the age at which virgin females of six species of mosquitos first took …

Literature on arthropod-borne diseases has traditionally supported the notion that mosquito
vectors maintain a feeding duality that includes vertebrate blood meals for egg development …

Plant-derived sugar is the only source of dietary carbohydrate for males of most mosquito
species. Male resource acquisition and utilization remain an under-researched area of …

We evaluated a histologic technique for its usefulness in detecting multiple blood feeding by
Aedes aegypti (L.) in a single gonotrophic cycle. To standardize the procedure, we carried …

The mating behaviour of free-flying Aedes aegypti (L.) in small cages was examined and
divided into 6 discrete stages, which are described. Although females were never …

We examined the utilization of sugar and human blood as nutrient sources for small and
large female Aedes aegypti (L.) when they were fed blood 2 or 5 d after emergence …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Adult females of A. aegypti were used from a colony derived
from local material and maintained in the Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya …

Oviposition traps were used to follow changes in the population of Aedes aegypti
(L.)(Diptera: Culicidae) in a seven-block area in midtown region of Tucson, Arizona. About …

Anthropophilic mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti L.(Diptera: Culicidae) have been shown
to have superior reproductive success on human blood when sugar is not available. Life …