Table 3. Effect of secondary sugar-feeding on male body and seminal fluid marking.
Diet | Male Body Marked | Male Body Not Marked | Seminal Fluid Marked | Seminal Fluid Not Marked |
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No additional sugar-feeding | 60 | 1 | 44 | 9 |
Additional sugar-feeding | 61 | 2 | 47 | 5 |
Number of males Ae. aegypti with detectable body and seminal marking 96 h after feeding on rhodamine B (0.4%) for 4 days, with or without additional fluid intake during secondary sugar-feeding (50% honey, no rhodamine B). Assessment of seminal fluid marking was determined by the presence or absence of rhodamine B in the bursa and/or spermathecae of females allowed to mate with an individual male.