TY - JOUR
T1 - Associative learning of odor with food- or blood-meal by Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera
T2 - Culicidae).
AU - Tomberlin, Jeffery K.
AU - Rains, Glen C.
AU - Allan, Sandy A.
AU - Sanford, Michelle R.
AU - Lewis, W. Joe
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - The ability of many insects to learn has been documented. However, a limited number of studies examining associative learning in medically important arthropods has been published. Investigations into the associative learning capabilities of Culex quinquefasciatus Say were conducted by adapting methods commonly used in experiments involving Hymenoptera. Male and female mosquitoes were able to learn a conditioned stimulus that consisted of an odor not normally encountered in nature (synthetic strawberry or vanilla extracts) in association with an unconditioned stimulus consisting of either a sugar (males and females) or blood (females) meal. Such information could lead to a better understanding of the ability of mosquitoes to locate and select host and food resources in nature.
AB - The ability of many insects to learn has been documented. However, a limited number of studies examining associative learning in medically important arthropods has been published. Investigations into the associative learning capabilities of Culex quinquefasciatus Say were conducted by adapting methods commonly used in experiments involving Hymenoptera. Male and female mosquitoes were able to learn a conditioned stimulus that consisted of an odor not normally encountered in nature (synthetic strawberry or vanilla extracts) in association with an unconditioned stimulus consisting of either a sugar (males and females) or blood (females) meal. Such information could lead to a better understanding of the ability of mosquitoes to locate and select host and food resources in nature.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00114-006-0143-9
DO - 10.1007/s00114-006-0143-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 16924477
AN - SCOPUS:36049001829
VL - 93
SP - 551
EP - 556
JO - Die Naturwissenschaften
JF - Die Naturwissenschaften
SN - 0028-1042
IS - 11
ER -