Dengue fever is a severe concern worldwide among mosquito-borne diseases 5. More than 3600 mosquito species exist worldwide, divided into 39 genera and 135 subgenera 4. These arthropods transfer a variety of pathogens that cause serious illnesses such human malaria, dengue fever, filariasis, and viral encephalitis, in addition to other ailments 3. They are a large category of partially aquatic arthropods. Mosquitoes belong to the family Culicidae, which are a medically and commercially important group of dipteran insects that act as vectors for a variety of human and zoonotic diseases 1, 2. aegypti and can be used as the preferred diet in the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) where the mass culture of mosquitoes is required.

The overall results revealed that Diet 3 showed good results at different life table parameters of Ae. The data further showed that the Diet 3 had a highest intrinsic rate of increase ( r) (0.097 ± 5.68 day −1), finite rate of increase ( λ) (1.10 ± 6.26 day −1) and net reproductive rate ( R 0) (11.99 ± 1.52 eggs/female) followed by Diet 2 and Diet 4. aegypti was observed when reared on Diet 4 (73.86%) and Diet 3 (72.90%), while less % of egg hatching was recorded in Diet 1 (40.67%) and Diet 2 (55.53%). The results indicated that significantly maximum percentage of egg hatching of Ae. Diet 4 (IAEA) was used as a control for comparison. aegypti reared on Diet 1 (replacement diet), Diet 2 (Khan’s diet for Anopheles), Diet 3 (Khan’s modified diet) and Diet 4 (IAEA diet) were analyzed using the age-stage, two-sex life table software.

The current study regarding the effects of larval diets on the life table parameters of dengue mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti was conducted under laboratory conditions at 27 ± 2 ☌ and 60 ± 5% relative humidity at NIFA (Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture) Peshawar, Pakistan.

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