Table 1.

Mean percentage (± SD) (n = 4 per treatment combination) of femaleP. papatasi that blood fed

	Exhalations
	No		Yes
	No. of flies in replicate		No. of flies in replicate
	250	500	250	500
Feeder:Membrane
Mouse			26.4% (± 9.2%)	38.3% (± 3.4%)
Glass feeder:Parafilm	1.0% (± 1.0%)	3.6% (± 0.6%)	7.0% (± 1.7%)	21.0% (± 3.1%)
Glass feeder:Hog’s gut	15.6% (± 5.9%)	18.2% (± 3.9%)	14.9% (± 6.7%)	26.5% (± 10.9%)
Hemotek:Parafilm	0.8% (± 0.7%)	1.3 % (± 0.7%)	8.4% (± 4.6%)	22.3% (± 2.7%)
Hemotek:Hog’s gut	6.1% (± 3.1%)	5.5% (± 2.8%)	23.7% (± 12.6%)	23.6% (± 7.5%)