Table 1.

Food amounts (mg) supplied to the larvae of Anopheles darlingi

Instars	Food amount
	Low	Medium	High
1	0.18	0.35	0.6
2	2.5	5	10
3	5	10	15
4	10	15	30

The amount corresponds to 100 larvae. In the first and second instars, the food is offered only once a day, for the third instar twice and to the third and fourth instars, three times a day.

Food supply based on the food amounts consumed by other culicid species [7].