Blood vessel location time by Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae).
Probing behavior of Anopheles stephensi Liston is characterized by the following: the first probe is longer than subsequent ones, the probability of blood location rises initially and then falls, and blood vessel location is deterministic. The overall probing behavior of An. stephensi, therefore, is similar to that of Aedes aegypti (L.); i.e., differences between them were quantitative and may be accounted for by different levels of salivary apyrase and different experimental vertebrate hosts.
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D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains