Ad libitum consumption of protein- or peptide-sucrose solutions stimulates egg formation by prolonging the vitellogenic phase of oogenesis in anautogenous mosquitoes

Table 1 Proportion of laid eggs that hatch when mosquitoes in large cages consumed a single blood meal or were provided BSA-, hemoglobin- or tryptone-sucrose solutions ad libitum

Proportion hatched (total eggs laid)¹
Aedes aegypti
Blood meal (rabbit)	BSA-sucrose	Hemoglobin-sucrose	Tryptone-sucrose
0.72 (3462)	0.11 (1493)	0.59 (511)	0.32 (480)	p < 0.0001
Aedes albopictus
Blood meal (rat)	BSA-sucrose	Hemoglobin-sucrose	Tryptone-sucrose
0.81 (385)	0.23 (2612)	0.60 (400)	0.25 (1042)	p < 0.0001
Anopheles gambiae
Blood meal (rabbit)	BSA-sucrose	Hemoglobin-sucrose	Tryptone-sucrose
0.74 (833)	0.51 (745)	NA	NA	p < 0.0001
Anopheles stephensi
Blood meal (rabbit)	BSA-sucrose	Hemoglobin-sucrose	Tryptone-sucrose
0.86 (1517)	0.38 (761)	0.62 (679)	NA	p < 0.0001
Culex quinquefasciatus
Blood meal (rabbit)	BSA-sucrose	Hemoglobin-sucrose	Tryptone-sucrose
0.68 (1274)	0.00 (116)	NA	NA	p < 0.0001

¹NA indicates no eggs were laid by females. Statistical significance is indicated to the right (\({\rm X}^{2}\) test)

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