Abstract: Most mosquito reproduction starts with swarms of males waiting for a female candidate to present itself. In Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus these swarms can occur around potential blood meal hosts such as humans and in conjunction with positive phonotaxic behaviors to female mosquito wing beat sound the male mosquitoes find female partners. The way males locate potential hosts or why however is little understood. In this experiment we have designed an airflow olfactometer to test close range responses of male mosquitos in both Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus to host kairomone responses. Ae. aegypti has shown positive responses to human odor and breath stimuli.
