responsiveness to host cue onset of delayed inhibition of responsiveness IDOMAL:0002386 IDOMAL:0002386 Non-immediate blocking of responsiveness to host cues. Females remained responsive to host odour for 24h after receiving a 1 micro litre blood enema. Ovary development occured in many of these females, and from about 30 h after receiving the enema, those that developed ovaries failed to respond to host odour. The onset and termination of delayed inhibiton are affected by insemination and ovipostion, and the mechanisms that regulate it involve haemolymph-borne factors. idomal_namespace