| endophagy of biting midges attacking cavity-nesting birds. | feeding behaviour, host preferences and the spectrum of available hosts determine the role of vectors in pathogen transmission. feeding preferences of blood-feeding diptera depend on, among others factors, the willingness of flies to attack their hosts either in the open (exophagy) or in enclosed places (endophagy). as far as ornithophilic blood-feeding diptera are concerned, the biting midges (diptera: ceratopogonidae) and blackflies (diptera: simuliidae) are generally considered to be strictly ... | 2009 | 19531067 |