title: Sexual harassment and feeding inhibition between two invasive dengue vectors.
abstract: Two invasive mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, have been interacting during the course of a rapid range expansion by A. albopictus. We investigated the potential for interspecific feeding interference by male mosquitoes interacting with females within and between these species. A. aegypti feeding on both sugar and blood was suppressed when females of this species were exposed to A. albopictus males, but no change was observed when exposed to conspecifics. A. albopictus feeding was not affected by males of either species. The potential consequences of these behaviors are discussed within the context of other known interspecific effects, all of which appear to favor the displacement of A. aegypti by A. albopictus.
authors: Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Soghigian
authors: Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors: Kathryn
authors: K
authors: Gibbs
authors: Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors: Ashleigh
authors: A
authors: Stanton
authors: Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Kaiser
authors: Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors: Todd
authors: T
authors: Livdahl
keywords: Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; interference competition; invasion ecology; satyrization
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