Mosquito phytophagy–sources exploited, ecological function, and evolutionary transition to haematophagy

DAH Peach, G Gries - Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
For a very long time, mosquitoes have been known or suspected to consume plant liquids.
Recently eclosed mosquitoes cannot survive long without consuming sugary plant liquids …

Chapter 7: Behavioural ecology of plant-mosquito relations

WA Foster - Sensory ecology of disease vectors, 2022 - wageningenacademic.com
This document, in two parts, evaluates the behavioural aspects of plants as a food source for
mosquitoes. First is a summary of the established basics of mosquito plant feeding. These …

Chapter 16: Host-plant feeding in mosquitoes

AM Lomelí, AA Dahanukar - Sensory ecology of …, 2022 - wageningenacademic.com
Male mosquitoes of haematophagous species are obligate host-plant feeders, but female
mosquitoes also depend on sugary plant-derived food sources for building energy reserves …