EFFECT OF DIFFERENT BLOOD SOURCES ON THE FEEDING TIME OF SAND FLY,PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI

The feeding time for sand fly females was determined experimentally by feeding of thirty females (3-5 days-old) sand fly phlebotomus papatasi on different blood sources (human,pigeon,hamster and blab c mice). mean feeding time was longest on blab c mice,8.55 minutes,followed by hamster,7.05 minutes,then pigeon,4.84minutes,and finally human,4.69 minutes. significant difference was observed in the feeding time between females fed on hamster and balb c mice but there is no significant difference between females fed on human and pigeon.