Reproductive Allocation in the Western Tree-Hole Mosquito, Aedes sierrensis

We examined the effects of geographic population, larval food, density, and temperature on reproductive allocation between egg number and size in 3 populations of the western tree-hole mosquito, Aedes sierrensis. Egg number did not differ among populations but increased allometrically with pupal weight. Egg number also varied with the interactions between food, density, and temperature independently of their effects on pupal weight. Egg size was unaffected by larval environmental factors or by pupal weight but was larger in the two more northern populations