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Blood Feeding and Insulin-like Peptide 3 Stimulate Proliferation of Hemocytes in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti Julio Castillo1¤, Mark R. Brown1,2, Michael R. Strand 1,2* 1 Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, 2 Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America Abstract All vector mosquito species must feed on the blood of a vertebrate host to produce eggs. Multiple cycles of blood feeding also promote frequent contacts with hosts, which