Energetics and Sugar-Feeding of Field-Collected Anopheline Females

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-89

  Holliday Hanson, Merry L ^a,c   Yuval, Boaz ^a,b   Washino, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Blood feeding; Energetics; Host seeking; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BODY CONSTITUTION; CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0031156725     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Andersson, I. H. and T. G. T. Jaenson. 1987. Nectar feeding by mosquitoes in Sweden, with special reference to Culex pipiens and Cx. torrentium. Med. Vet. Entomol. 1: 59-64.
2. Bowen, M. F. and J. Romo. 1995. Sugar deprivation in adult Aedes bahamensis females and its effects on host seeking and longevity. J. Vector Ecol. 20: 211-215.
3. Briegel, H. 1990a. Fecundity, metabolism and body size in Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) vectors of malaria. J. Med. Entomol. 27: 839-850.
4. Briegel, H. 1990b. Metabolic relationship between female body size, reserves and fecundity of Aedes aegypti. J. Insect Physiol. 36: 165-172.
5. Briegel, H. and E. Hörler. 1993. Multiple blood meals as a reproductive strategy in Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) J. Med. Entomol. 30: 975-985.
6. Clements, A. N. 1955. The sources of energy for flight in mosquitoes. J. Exp. Biol. 32: 547-557.
7. Clements, A. N. 1992. The Biology of Mosquitoes, Vol. 1. New York: Chapman and Hall.
8. Day, J. F. and E. Van Handel. 1986. Differences between the nutritional reserves of laboratory-maintained and field-collected adult mosquitoes. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 2: 154-157.
9. Edman, J. D. and T. W. Scott. 1987. Host defensive behaviour and the feeding success of mosquitoes. Insect Sci. Applic. 8: 617-622.
10. Edman, J. D., D. Strickman, P. Kittayapong, and T. W. Scott. 1992. Female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand rarely feed on sugar. J. Med. Entomol. 29: 1035-1038.
11. Feinsod, F. M. and A. Spielman. 1979. An olfactometer for measuring host-seeking behavior of female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 15: 282-85.
12. Foster, W. A. 1995. Mosquito sugar feeding and reproductive energetics. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 40: 443-474.
13. Foster W. A. and F. A. Eischen. 1987. Frequency of blood-feeding in relation to sugar availability in Aedes aegypti and Anopheles quadrimaculatus. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 80: 103-108.
14. Gadawski, R. M. and S. M. Smith. 1992. Nectar sources and age structure in a population of Aedes provocans (Diptera: Culicidae) J. Med. Entomol. 29: 879-886.
15. Klowden, M. J. 1986. Effects of sugar deprivation on the host-seeking behavior of gravid Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. J. Insect Physiol. 32: 479-483.
16. Klowden, M. J. and S. M. Dutro. 1990. Effects of carbohydrate ingestion on the pre-oviposition behavior of the mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.). Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 15: 59-62.
17. McCrae, A. W. R., P. F. L. Boreham, and Y. Ssenkubuge. 1976. The behavioral ecology of host selection in Anopheles implexus (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae). Bull. Ent. Res. 66: 587-631.
18. Meyer, R. P. 1985. The "walk-in" type red box for sampling adult mosquitoes. Proc. N. J. Mosq. Control Assoc. 72: 104-105.
19. Nasci, R. S. and J. D. Edman. 1984. Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae): population structure and nectar feeding in a freshwater swamp and surrounding areas in southeastern Massachusetts, USA. J. Med. Entomol. 21: 567-572.
20. Nayar, J. K. and E. Van Handel. 1971. The fuel for sustained mosquito flight. J. Insect Physiol. 17: 471-481.
21. Reisen, W. K., R. P. Meyer, and M. M. Milby. 1986. Patterns of fructose feeding by Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 23: 366-373.
22. Roitberg, B. D. and W. G. Friend. 1992. A general theory for host seeking decisions in mosquitoes. Bull. Math. Biol. 54: 401-412.
23. Scott, T. W., E. Chow, D. Strickman, P. Kittayapong, R. A. Wirtz, L. H. Lorenz, and J. D. Edman. 1993. Blood-feeding patterns of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in a rural Thai village. J. Med. Entomol. 30: 922-927.
24. Van Handel, E. 1984. Metabolism of nutrients in the adult mosquito. Mosq. News 44: 573-579.
25. Van Handel, E. and J. F. Day. 1988. Assay of lipids, glycogen and sugars in individual mosquitoes: correlations with wing length in field-collected Aedes vexans. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 4: 549-550.
26. Van Handel, E. and J. F. Day. 1990. Nectar-feeding habits of Aedes taeniorhynchus. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 6: 270-273.
27. Wekesa, J. W., B. Yuval, and R. K. Washino. 1995. Multiple blood feeding in Anopheles freeborni (Diptera: Culicidae). Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 52: 508-511.
28. Wekesa, J. W., B. Yuval, and R. K. Washino. 1997. Blood feeding patterns of Anopheles freeborni and Culextarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae): effects of habitat and host abundance. Bull. Ent. Res. (accepted).
29. Yee, W. L. and W. A. Foster. 1992. Diel sugar-feeding and host-seeking rhythms in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) under laboratory conditions. J. Med. Entomol. 29: 784-791.
30. Yee, W. L., W. A. Foster, M. J. Howe, and R. G. Hancock. 1992. Simultaneous field comparison of evening temporal distributions of nectar and blood feeding by Aedes vexans and Ae. trivittatus. J. Med. Entomol. 29: 356-360.
31. Yuval, B. 1992. The other habit: sugar feeding by mosquitoes. Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 17: 150-156.
32. Yuval, B., A. Warburg, and Y. Schlein. 1988. Dispersal characteristics of the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi. Med. Vet. Entomol. 2: 391-395.
33. Yuval, B., J. W. Wekesa, and R. K. Washino. 1993. Effects of body size on swarming behavior and mating success of male Anopheles freeborni (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Insect Behav. 6: 333-342.
34. Yuval, B., M. L. Holliday-Hanson, and R. K. Washino. 1994. Energy budget of swarming mosquitoes. Ecol. Entomol. 19: 74-78.
35. Zar, J. H. 1984. Biostatistical Analysis, Prentice Hall: New Jersey.