Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprint
Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes
Jovana Bozic, Renuka Elizabeth Joseph, Tse-Yu Chen…·Jason L. Rasgon
This study challenges the assumption that male mosquitoes exclusively feed on plant sugars by showing they can take blood under dehydration/starvation and transmit pathogens.