synthesis of reserves reserves of teneral adult IDOMAL:0002344 IDOMAL:0002344 The fat body cells, or trophocytes, of fully grown larvae of Aedes aegypti and Culex pipiens are packed with lipid droplets, glycogen granules and vesicles which possibly contain protein, reserves which are carried over to the adult stage. The extent of the reserves depends upon the quality of larval nutrition, and there is some variability betweeen species in the proportions of glycogen and lipid. Unlike the higher Diptera, mosquito adults do not develop and 'adult fat body' differing in structure from that of the larvae. In well-nourished adults the fat body contains deposits of glycogen and lipid but no protein-containing vesicles. idomal_namespace