Vol. 4, Issue 6, Part A (2017)

Fig. 1: Culex mosquito marked/labelled with fluorescent dyes through adult diet. (A) Marked with Fluorescein producing green fluorescent colour (B) Marked with Rhodamin dye producing red colour after illuminating with blue-black light. (C) Marked mosquitoes tested in bottle assay.

Fig. 2: Mosquito feeding rates over time on Rhodamine and Fluorescein dye mixed sugar solution

Fig. 3: Mosquito affinity towards marking diets. The mosquito has a preference towards Rhodamin mixed sugar diet over Fluorescein.

Fig. 4: Mosquito survival after feeding to fluorescent dye mixed diets.