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Blood-Feeding Habits of Four Species of Mosquito Found in Hawaii^*

C. H. Tempelis^,,, R. O. Hayes, A.D. Hess AND W. C. Reeves

The four species of blood-sucking mosquito found in Hawaii (Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes albopictus, Aedes aegypti, and Aedes vexans nocturnus) were collected from November 1965 through May 1968, and the blood-meals identified to establish host range. C. quinquefasciatus fed mostly on birds but also fed on a wide range of mammals. A. v. nocturnus fed only on mammals, with horses and cows being the predominant hosts. A. albopictus and A. aegypti fed almost exclusively on mammals, with A. aegypti feeding on man more than on any other host. The host-feeding patterns of these four mosquitoes in Hawaii indicate that they might be ecologically capable of serving as enzootic vectors of certain arboviruses.

Accepted for publication July 21, 1969.

^* This research was supported in part by Research Grant AI-03028 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and by General Research Support Grant I-S01-FR05441 from the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Supported by United States Public Health Service Research Career Development Award 1-K3-AJ-25,427-04.

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.

Arboviral Disease Section, Fort Collins Laboratories, Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, P. O. Box 551, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521.

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