ZoologybioRxiv
Beat the heat: Culex quinquefasciatus regulates its body temperature during blood-feeding
Joanna M. Reinhold, Ryan Shaw, Chloé Lahondère
This study investigates how Culex quinquefasciatus regulates its body temperature during blood-feeding to avoid heat stress, finding that it uses evaporative cooling via urine droplets to maintain a lower body temperature than the blood.
DOI 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102826