Outdoor resting and nectar feeding behaviour of some mosquito species in two villages in Egypt.
Mosquito resting on different host plants were collected from two localities in Egypt, Kafr Tohoria village, Qualubiya governorate and El Abtal village, Ismailia governorate. Collected mosquitoes were identified, classified to their feeding stage and tested for carbohydrate feeding. Results indicated that Cx. pipiens represented 96% and above of collected species in the two localities. The available plants and crops showed different attraction levels for resting female mosquitoes. Most of the collected females were empty. Mosquitoes may be attracted to certain plants due to the presence of some phagostimulant chemicals rather than the presence of the sugars.
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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Egypt.
Bahgat
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El-Kady
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D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000469:parasitology; D003465:Culex / Q000502:physiology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D004534:Egypt; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D010944:Plants / Q000469:parasitology; D012424:Rural Population