Figure 4.
Results from testing P. wanlessi with adult females from three mosquito species, A. aegypti (culicine), A. gambiae (anopheline) and C. quinquefasciatus (culicine). Mosquitoes either had received a blood meal or had been fed only sugar (glucose solution). All test spiders had been maintained on the standard terrestrial diet (no experience with mosquitoes; see table 2). Prey: lures presented to test spiders away from water. Simultaneous-presentation testing: n=60 for each pair of prey types. Alternate-day testing: n=35 for each pair of prey types.