New preprint out from our semi-field work in Ghana: lnkd.in/gv7qawvK

An. gambiae biting time is shaped by the nutritional status.

'Hungry' #mosquitoes (blue, fed on .5% sugar) bite earlier then well fed animals (red, 10% sugar + prior blood meal)

Highlights biting times is complex phenomenon.

My new paper with Daan Van der Veen. We reveal a curious ability of the An. stephensi malaria mosquito to respond to temperature cycles to adjust their daily time-of-activity.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...