Table 7.

Specimens of laboratory colony Aedes geniculatus IPZ (n = 8) examined microscopically for larval stages of Dirofilaria repens

	Mosquitoes		Number of larval stages per individual positive mosquito
Dpi	Total no.	No. positive	Mf	L1	L2	L3	Location (total no. in all dissected mosquitoes)a
1	3	3	6, 8, 20	–	–	–
5	2	2	–	3, 7	–	–	Malpighian tubules (3)
9	1	1	–	3	19	14	Malphighian tubules (36)
14	2	2	–	1	–	1, 25	L3: Proboscis (20), thorax (2), Malpighian tubules (4)

Abbreviations: dpi day post-inoculation, mf microfilariae, L1 first-stage larva, L2 second-stage larva, L3 third-stage larva (infectious stage)

^aData given only when localisation was clearly assignable after dissection