adult feeding behaviour adult female feeding behaviour IDOMAL:0002310 IDOMAL:0002310 In nature mosquitoes feed on nectar or blood. Like some other blood-sucking Diptera, usually pass nectar and other plant juices to the crop and dorsal diverticula, but pass blood to the stomach. This separation of nectar and blood permits females to store nectar meal in the crop, passing slowly to the midgut for absorption, while leaving the stomach empty to receive a blood meal at any time. idomal_namespace