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IN studies of the host-seeking behaviour of laboratory-reared Ædes ægypti, response of these mosquitoes to a constant source of heat and moisture was observed. Newly emerged mosquitoes were placed in a 9 cu. ft. cage, and the numbers which probed over a convection current of warm, moist air (80–83°F.), rising into the cage through a port beneath its screen floor, were counted each day in a 16-minute observation.
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BURGESS, L. Probing Behaviour of Ædes ægypti (L.) in Response to Heat and Moisture. Nature 184, 1968–1969 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841968a0
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