Swarming and mating behaviors of Anopheles arabiensis in Sudan
Hussam El-Haj
Broschiertes Buch

Swarming and mating behaviors of Anopheles arabiensis in Sudan

Biology of Anopheles arabiensis

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This study was conducted to investigate the swarming and mating behaviors of wild and irradiated males An. Arabiensis. Male mosquitoes were irradiated as pupae and transported as adults to the field. The wild ones were collected as larvae in the field and reared to adult. Both irradiated and wild-reared insects were dusted with fluorescent powder (PF). Search for swarming insects started before the sunset. When allocated, males and coupling pairs were sampled from swarms. Captured females were dissected under microscope for parity and insemination rates. Wings of males from swarms and in copul...