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From: Light manipulation of mosquito behaviour: acute and sustained photic suppression of biting activity in the Anopheles gambiae malaria mosquito

Fig. 2

Experiment 1: Single light pulse treatment revealed immediate (acute) and sustained (chronic) suppression of biting. Representative biting percentages of mosquitoes either after receiving a single 10 min, ~300 lux white light pulse at ZT12 or transitioning normally into the constant dark (control treatment). Light and control treated mosquitoes were simultaneously offered a blood meal for 6 min at ZT12.2 and then again at ZT14, 16, 18, and 20. The percentage of mosquitoes per container that blood-fed was recorded immediately after the blood meal was offered by observing blood in the abdomen. Two-way ANOVA (effect of treatment, F (1,35) = 13.8, P < 0.001; effect of ZT, F (4,35) = 11.6, P < 0.001; interaction, F (4,35) = 3.7, P < 0.05) followed by Tukey post-hoc tests (*P < 0.05). Values shown are mean ± SEM

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