Beat the heat: Culex quinquefasciatus regulates its body temperature during blood-feeding
Joanna M. Reinhold, Ryan Shaw, Chloé Lahondère
This study investigates how Culex quinquefasciatus regulates its body temperature during blood-feeding to avoid heat stress, finding that it uses evaporative cooling via urine droplets to maintain a lower body temperature than the blood.
bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2020Zoology