Total available carbohydrates in Aedes stimulans (Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract

Laboratory-reared and field-collected females of Aedes stimulans (Walker) were individually analyzed for total carbohydrate, the chief source of energy for flight. Relatively low amounts of carbohydrate [Formula: see text] were available in unfed, newly emerged females that had been reared from field-collected pupae and frozen less than 12 h after eclosion. Mean values for 887 blood-seeking females varied greatly when samples were collected on different days [Formula: see text] or during periods of the same day [Formula: see text]. In some instances, the total amounts of carbohydrate present in blood-seeking females were equivalent to those of starved individuals [Formula: see text].