Supplementary videos associated with “An electropenetrography waveform library for the study of probing and ingestion behaviors in Culex tarsalis”

Abstract

Electropenetrography (EPG) is a technique used to indirectly visualize and quantify unseen mouthpart movements that occur inside opaque host tissues when an insect or arthropod bites (i.e., probes). To use this technique on a specific insect, the electrical signals (called waveforms) generated during probing must first be characterized and correlated with insect behaviors. To this end, we characterized the waveforms generated by Culex tarsalis mosquitoes feeding on human hands and made video recordings of the insects during EPG. The findings from this investigation are published as “An electropenetrograpy waveform library for the study of probing and ingestion behaviors in Culex tarsalis.” This manuscript references supplementary videos containing highlights from the video recordings to show specific behaviors that occur during each waveform, which are archived here.