regulation of food intake in adults regulation of blood intake Female mosquitoes gorge on blood when it is applied by capillary tube to the unsheathed fascicle or offered through an artificial membrane. Whether stimulation of just the larbal sensilla with blood is sufficient to induce drinking is not known, but certainly stimulation of both larbal and cibarial sensilla is sufficient. IDOMAL:0002020 IDOMAL:0002020 idomal_namespace