Sugar meal composition of five north central Florida mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) as determined by gas chromatography

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 462-467

  Burkett, Douglas A ^a,b   Kline, Daniel L ^a,c   Carlson, David A ^a,c  

^a Detachment 3 Human Systems Center   (Japan)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop; Gas chromatography; Honeydew; Mosquito; Nectar feeding; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS; COQUILLETTIDIA PERTURBANS; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA MELANURA; DIPTERA; PSOROPHORA FEROX;

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLORIDA; MALE; PLANTS;

EID: 0033160747     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.4.462     Document Type: Article

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