Distention and Sugar Feeding Induce Autogenous Egg Development by the Asian Tiger Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 372-378

  Chambers, Gail M ^a   Klowden, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Autogeny; Distention; Reproduction; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

CARBOHYDRATE;

ABDOMEN; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ABDOMEN; AEDES; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CARBOHYDRATES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; OOGENESIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030140107     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.3.372     Document Type: Article

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