Anopheles' oviposition behaviour
Anoplines exhibit a variety of oviposition behaviours. None oviposited though while settled on the water surface. A number of anopelines will deposit eggs on moist surfaces.
IDOMAL:0002322
IDOMAL:0002322
Wild females of Anopheles melas have been observed ovipositing while perched on the vertica surface of pneumatophores in unflooded Avicennia mangover swamps. There has been one report of an anopheline drinking before oviposition (Anopheles messeae). Oviposition without drinking was reported for Anopheles maculipennis sensus stricto and Anopheles atroparvus.
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egg laying behaviour
egg laying behaviour