Multiple blood feeding and host-seeking behavior in aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus (diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 838-846

  Farjana, Thahsin ^a   Tuno, Nobuko ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

biting behavior; body size; mosquito

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DIET; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; OVIPOSITION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880426554     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12146     Document Type: Article

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