MOSQUITOES FEEDING ON INSECT LARVAE

被引：20

作者：

HARRIS, P

RIORDAN, DF

COOKE, D

机构：

[1] Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ont.

来源：

SCIENCE | 1969年 / 164卷 / 3876期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.164.3876.184

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Caged Aedes aegypti and Culex tarsalis are attracted to insect larvae, engorge on their body fluids, and produce viable eggs. Attractiveness of the larvae is related to their size, shape, and color but not to their movement. The possibility that wild mosquitoes substitute insect hemolymph for vertebrate blood is discussed.

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