sugar metabolism accumulation and use of the carbohydrate and lipid reserve IDOMAL:0002090 IDOMAL:0002090 It has been suggested that some anophelines use the first blood meal primarily for the synthesis of maternal reserves. Sufficient is known to indicate that in general the metabolic pathways of culicids conform with those of other insects. The carbohydrate and lipid reserves present in most mosquitoes at emergence are insufficient for more than a few days' life and, for all males and the females of many species, must be replenished by feeding on plant sugars. A portion of the digestion products from blood meals in converted to glycogen and lipids, the proportion varying with species and with size of female. idomal_namespace