Aspirator gun for high-throughput mosquito bioassays

J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2012 Mar;28(1):65-8. doi: 10.2987/11-6195.1.

Abstract

We describe an innovative aspirator gun designed to transfer individual anesthetized mosquitoes directly into glass bioassay tubes. The gun has been used for thousands of transfers with extremely low associated mortality and is the central component of a high-throughput bioassay system. The gun is constructed using readily obtainable materials and can be modified for a range of insects.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Culicidae*
  • Entomology / instrumentation*
  • Female