Mosquitoes, males and females, rely on sugar-rich resources, including floral nectar as a primary source of sugar to meet their energy and nutritional needs. Despite advancements in understanding mosquito host-seeking and blood-feeding preferences, significant gaps in our knowledge of the chemical ecology mediating mosquito–nectar associations remain. The influence of such association with nectar on mosquito behavior and the resulting effects on their fitness are also not totally understood. It is significant that floral nectar frequently acts as a natural habitat for various microbes (e.g. bacteria and yeast), which substantially alter nectar characteristics, influencing the nutritional ecology of flower-visiting insects, such as mosquitoes. The role of nectar-inhabiting microbes in shaping the nectar–mosquito interactions remains, however, under-researched. This review explores recent advances in understanding the role of such multitrophic interactions on the fitness and life history traits of mosquitoes and outlines future directions for research toward their control as disease vectors.

中文翻译：

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花蜜-蚊子相互作用的化学生态学：最新进展和未来方向


蚊子，无论雄性还是雌性，都依赖富含糖的资源，包括花蜜作为糖的主要来源来满足其能量和营养需求。尽管在了解蚊子寻找宿主和吸血偏好方面取得了进展，但我们对介导蚊子与花蜜关联的化学生态学的了解仍然存在巨大差距。这种与花蜜的关联对蚊子行为的影响以及由此产生的对其健康的影响也尚未完全了解。值得注意的是，花蜜经常充当各种微生物（例如细菌和酵母）的自然栖息地，这些微生物极大地改变了花蜜特性，影响了蚊子等访花昆虫的营养生态。然而，花蜜微生物在形成花蜜与蚊子相互作用中的作用仍然没有得到充分研究。这篇综述探讨了了解这种多营养相互作用对蚊子健康和生活史特征的作用的最新进展，并概述了控制蚊子作为疾病媒介的未来研究方向。