The influence of physiological age on the biting rhythm of Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (Diptera : Culcidae)
All of 704 Cx. tritaeniorhynchus females caught on bufflo bait were inseminated and 98 % were at ovariole stage 1. Parity rates ranged from 41 % to 66 % on the 4 nights studied with increases observed during dusk, midnight and before dawn. Changes in the parity of the biting population were related to sexual maturation, mating, oviposition rhythms and especially the survivorship of the adults.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003465:Culex / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010298:Parity; D012741:Sexual Maturation