E.B. Vinogradova, S.G. Karpova. 2006. Improvement of the method for rearing the mosquito Culex pipiens pipiens f. molestus (Diptera, Culicidae) without blood feeding. Parasitologia. Vol.40. No.3. P. 306-311.

Optimum photoperiod and temperature conditions for rearing the mosquitoes Culex pipiens pipiens f. molestus without blood feeding (through autogenous eggs) were experimentally substantiated. This method may be used in order to obtain relatively small quantity of mosquitoes or for preservation of a laboratory colony. Optimum conditions of rearing are the short-day photoperiod (12 h of light per day) at 20°C, where 87% of the females produce autogenous eggs rafts consisting of 52 eggs on the average. It should be emphasized that larval feeding must be full value and plenty, because the quality and quantity of larval food has a pronounced effect on the autogeny rate. 
Key words: rearing, photoperiod, temperature, autogeny, Culex pipiens pipiens f. molestus