Table 1.
Results from first and second blood feeding trials. Feeding and reproduction for Cx. p. quinquefasciatus fed different types of blood meals and incubated at 28° C. Summarized results from three replicates are shown for each treatment.
| Treatment group | Total no. Females | No. unfed (% of total) | No. partially fed (% of total) | No. engorged (% of total) | No. egg rafts (% of fed that oviposited) | Mean no. eggs/raft (no. rafts in subset) | Mean no. larvae/raft (% hatched in subset) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First blood feeding trial
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| LC/LC | 251 | 48 (19) | 49 (20) | 154 (61) | 71 (46) | 122 ± 5.9 (34) | 101 ± 6.0 (83) |
| LC/DB | 183 | 34 (19) | 28 (15) | 121 (66) | 72 (60) | 125 ± 6.1 (35) | 97 ± 5.4 (78) |
| DB/DB | 261 | 174 (67) | 5 (2) | 82 (31) | 33 (40) | 60 ± 4.5 (22) | 40 ± 4.2 (70) |
| CB/CB | 243 | 127 (52) | 0 | 116 (48) | 77 (66) | 51 ± 2.2 (36) | 40 ± 2.6 (79) |
| AC/AC | 234 | 91 (39) | 16 (7) | 127 (54) | 95 (75) | 106 ± 3.7 (36) | 88 ± 3.5 (80) |
| Second blood feeding trial
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| LC/LC | 127 | 52 (41) | 19 (15) | 56 (44) | 34 (61) | 109 ± 8.6 (26) | 87 ± 7.4 (77) |
| LC/DB | 107 | 84 (79) | 8 (7) | 15 (14) | 6 (40) | 41 ± 2.4 (6) | 34 ± 5.5 (80) |
| DB/DB | 79 | 48 (61) | 9 (11) | 22 (28) | 13 (59) | 48 ± 6.9 (13) | 30 ± 6.3 (56) |
| CB/CB | 110 | 66 (60) | 4 (4) | 40 (36) | 26 (65) | 32 ± 2.7 (25) | 22 ± 1.8 (74) |
| AC/AC | 96 | 32 (33) | 9 (9) | 55 (57) | 30 (55) | 62 ± 4.4 (30) | 39 ± 4.7 (63) |