Abstract
Relatively little is known about the physiological age of resting mosquitoes. In this study, Culex quinquefasciatus Say had a similar proportion of males (75%) in the resting as in the flying population (76%), but among the females, there were significant differences between the physiological age of the resting and flying populations. The proportion of unfed females (51%) was significantly smaller in the resting than in the flying female group (82%). By contrast, in the resting group, there were much higher proportions of blood-fed (28% compared with 4%) and to a lesser extent gravid (21% compared with 14%) females. Of the blood-fed females, most of the resting individuals were freshly blood-fed. Both males and females entered the resting traps throughout the day (but none were collected after sunset), with the main peak around dawn. The flying population showed two circadian peaks: a larger peak at dawn and smaller peak after sunset. This indicates a different pattern from that shown in other studies and demonstrates the significant geographic variation within this pan-tropical species.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.24200/squjs.vol15iss0pp9-17
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 15, 9
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Roberts, D. M. (2010). Comparison of the Physiological age of Adult Resting Versus Flying Culex Quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 15, 9. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol15iss0pp9-17
MLA 9
Roberts, Derek M. "Comparison of the Physiological age of Adult Resting Versus Flying Culex Quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 15, 2010, pp. 9. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol15iss0pp9-17.
Chicago (author–date)
Roberts, Derek M. 2010. "Comparison of the Physiological age of Adult Resting Versus Flying Culex Quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science 15: 9. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol15iss0pp9-17.
Harvard
Roberts, D. M. (2010) 'Comparison of the Physiological age of Adult Resting Versus Flying Culex Quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 15, pp. 9. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol15iss0pp9-17.
Vancouver
Roberts DM. Comparison of the Physiological age of Adult Resting Versus Flying Culex Quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science. 2010;15:9. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol15iss0pp9-17
IEEE
D. M. Roberts, "Comparison of the Physiological age of Adult Resting Versus Flying Culex Quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)," Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 15, pp. 9, 2010, doi: 10.24200/squjs.vol15iss0pp9-17.