Upshur, Irvin FordeBose, Elizabeth AnnadelHart, CameronLahondère, Chloé2019-10-252019-10-252019-10-16Upshur, I.F.; Bose, E.A.; Hart, C.; Lahondère, C. Temperature and Sugar Feeding Effects on the Activity of a Laboratory Strain of Aedes aegypti. Insects 2019, 10, 347.http://hdl.handle.net/10919/95062<i>Aedes aegypti</i> is an invasive mosquito species that is expected to expand its global distribution through climate change. As poikilotherms, mosquitoes are greatly affected by the temperature of the environment which can impact host-seeking, blood-feeding, and flight activity as well as survival and ability to transmit pathogens. However, an important aspect of mosquito biology on which the effect of temperature has not been investigated is water and sugar-feeding and how access to a sugar source might affect the insect’s activity and survival under different thermal conditions. To close this knowledge gap, we relied on actometer experiments to study the activity of both female and male <i>Ae. aegypti</i> at 20 °C, 25 °C, and 30 °C, providing either water or 10% sucrose to the insects. We then measured the total carbohydrate contents of alive mosquitoes using the anthrone protocol. Survival was assessed and compared between all groups. Results from this study will inform on the thermal biology of <i>Ae. aegypti</i> mosquitoes and how access to sugar affects their activity.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalactometerabiotic factorstotal carbohydratesdisease vector insectsinvasive speciesmosquitoTemperature and Sugar Feeding Effects on the Activity of a Laboratory Strain of Aedes aegyptiArticle - Refereed2019-10-25Insectshttps://doi.org/10.3390/insects10100347