title: Blood-feeding requirements of the mosquito: geographical variation in Aedes taeniorhynchus.
abstract: Wild poplulations of Aedes taeniorhynchus were polymorphic for the diets required for ovarian development. In Aedes taeniorhynchus populations from mangrove swamps, most females possessed the capacity to produce eggs on a blood-free diet. But where the grassy salt marsh was the mosquito's principal habitat,most females lacked this capacity. Both kinds of females could utiliZe a blood meal for egg production.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D009033:Culicidae; D004463:Ecology; D004777:Environment; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D010053:Ovary / Q000254:growth & development; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic