title: [The sexual activity of Culicoides nubeculosus (Mg.) (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) (author's transl)].
abstract: The sexual activity of C. nubeculosus has been studied in relation to the age of males and females. The criteria chosen were stoutness of spermatheca and frequency of mating, respectively. A unit N. M. H. (number of matings/male/hour) has been determined. Sexual activity reaches its maximum on 2nd day of imaginal life and is then slowly decreasing. This maximum activity on 2nd day rapidly decreases in the hours following blood meal, down to a rate which then remains nearly constant.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000502:physiology*; D003307:Copulation; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal
vernacular_title: Etude sur l'activité sexuelle de Culicoides nubeculosus (Mg.) (Diptera - Ceratopogonidae).