A test for blood in haematophagous insects and its application to apparent blood feeding in insectivorous Ceratopogonidae (Diptera).
A method is described to confirm the presence of blood in fixed haematophagous insects. It was used to establish that the dark gut contents of individuals of five genera of insectivorous midges (Ceratopogonidae) was not blood.
Boorman
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Animal Virus Research Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, U.K.
D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000502:physiology*; D004064:Digestive System / Q000032:analysis; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005453:Fluorescence; D008722:Methods; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays