Using Videography to Study the Biomechanics and Behavior of Freely Moving Mosquitoes
- 1Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Tennessee 37996, USA
- 2Department of Experimental Zoology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
- ↵3Correspondence: ad{at}utk.edu
Abstract
Female mosquitoes of most species require a blood meal for egg development. When biting a human host to collect this blood meal, they can spread dangerous diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, or dengue. Researchers use videography to study many aspects of mosquito behavior, including in-flight host-seeking, takeoff, and landing behaviors, as well as probing and blood feeding, and more. Here, we introduce protocols on how to use videography to capture and analyze mosquito movements at high spatial and temporal resolution, in two and three dimensions.
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From the Mosquitoes collection, edited by Laura B. Duvall and Benjamin J. Matthews.
