Journal
BIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 510-512Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1233
Keywords
mosquito; olfaction; Salticidae; spider
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- Foundation of Research, Science and Technology [UOCX0903]
- Royal Society of New Zealand
- National Geographic Society
- US National Institutes of Health
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Evarcha culicivora is an unusual salticid spider because it feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood by choosing blood-carrying mosquitoes as preferred prey. Its preferred mosquitoes are Anopheles, the genus to which all human malaria vectors belong. Here, we show that human odour, which is known to be salient to malaria vectors, is also salient to the adults and juveniles of E. culicivora. Test spiders spent more time in the vicinity of a source of human odour (previously worn socks) when the alternative was unworn socks.
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