Fig. 2

Main equipment and procedures for rearing of Culicoides nubeculosus from egg (c) to larva (d) and pupa stages (e). a Plastic box with larvae (note that water in each plastic box is well-aerated using air-pumps, and they are covered with a cover, which was made of fine-mesh bolting silk, preventing adults to escape if they incidentally emerge in the plastic box) long arrows, plastic boxes with water; triangle arrowheads, bolting silk cover; short arrows, air-pumps. b Liquid (left) and dry (right) food used to feed larvae. c Plastic box with eggs (note that the eggs are placed on filter paper, which is fixed on sintepon material, and the water in the plastic box is well-aerated). Long arrow, sintepon; arrowheads, eggs (which look like tiny black spots). d Larva (IV stage). e Pupa