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Fig. 3 | Parasites & Vectors

Fig. 3

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

Fig. 3

Experiment 2: Mosquitoes exposed to darkness during the late daytime exhibit increased biting activity. Mosquito biting behaviour is increased after receiving a 15 min dark pretreatment when tested at two different times of the late day including during the dusk transition. Blood meals were offered at ZT9.5 and ZT11.5 in the dark following either a dark pretreatment or normal exposure to light of the LD cycle and dusk transition (controls). Dusk progression is indicated by the horizontal white/black bar occurring at ZT11-12. Two-way ANOVA (effect of treatment, F (1,15) = 12.0, P = 0.003; effect of ZT, F (1,15) = 2.6, P = 0.125; interaction, F (1,15) = 0.02, P = 0.907), followed by post-hoc tests (*P < 0.05). Values shown are mean ± SEM

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