1. The importance of blood-sucking insects -- 2. The evolution of the blood-sucking habit -- 3. Feeding preferences of blood-sucking insects -- 4. Location of the host -- 5. Ingestion of the blood meal -- 6. Managing the blood meal -- 7. Host-insect interactions -- 8. Transmission of parasites by blood-sucking insects -- 9. The blood-sucking insect groups
Summary
This second edition looks at the favourable biological modifications of these insects and also considers the economical, social and medical aspects
Notes
Previous edition published as: Biology of blood-sucking insects. / HarperCollins, 1991