Larval and adult nutrition effects on blood/nectar choice of Culex nigripalpus mosquitoes

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 112-122

  Hancock, R G ^a,b   Foster, W A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of the Cumberlands   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Blood feeding; Culex nigripalpus; Energy reserves; Host seeking; Larval diet; Nectar seeking; Nutrition; Olfactometer; Ornithophily; Ovarian follicles; U.S.A.; Wing length

Indexed keywords

BITING; BLOOD FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; HOST SEEKING; MOSQUITO; NECTAR FEEDING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031126830     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00299.x     Document Type: Article

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