Tseng Michelle
Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
J Med Entomol. 2003 Jul;40(4):588-9. doi: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.4.588.
A simple device for blood-feeding Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquitoes is described. Parafilm M is stretched and pressed into fiberglass window screen to form a packet for holding warmed blood. The method has been used successfully to maintain Aedes albopictus colonies for >2 yr. In typical blood-feeding trials, 53 +/- 0.8% (+/-SE) of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) and 31 +/- 6% of Ae. albopictus (Skuse) fed to repletion.
描述了一种用于喂养伊蚊(埃及伊蚊)的简单装置。将Parafilm M拉伸并压入玻璃纤维窗纱中,形成一个用于盛放温热血液的包囊。该方法已成功用于维持白纹伊蚊种群超过2年。在典型的吸血试验中,埃及伊蚊(林奈)的吸血率为53±0.8%(±标准误),白纹伊蚊(斯库斯)的吸血率为31±6%,直至饱血。