FIGURE 1.

Trehalose content in the fat body, ovary, and hemolymph of unfed and fed R. prolixus females. The trehalose content of fat body (A), ovaries (B), and hemolymph (C) was quantified in unfed adult females [10, 20, and 30 days post-ecdysis (PE)] and in fed adult females at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 days post blood meal (PBM). Trehalose content increases significantly in both tissues and hemolymph following a blood-meal. The results are shown as the mean ± SEM (n = 6, where each n represents an individual tissue from 1 insect or a hemolymph pool from 2 to 3 insects). Statistically significant differences were determined by a one-way ANOVA and a Tukey’s test as the post hoc test. Different letters indicate significant difference at P < 0.05. nd, not detected.