Custom Products Offered by the MR4

Custom mosquito items can be prepared on a one-time basis without fees (except shipping) including the following:

• Time-staged frozen embryos

• Insecticide-selected mosquitoes

• Gravid preserved females

• Frozen or chemically preserved larvae of particular instars

• Chemical-exposed preserved mosquitoes

• Virgin, mated, unfed, and blood-fed adults either alive or preserved (subject to availability of courier services).

• Small amounts of preserved dissected tissues of any stage from any MR4 holding

• <20 ug of genomic DNA from any stock in the MR4 holdings.

It is impossible to foresee all possible items. If you need a product not listed here, please contact us. When ordering, simply place a “C” after the MRA number to specify which stock you want materials to be derived from.

*All living mosquito shipments are reviewed by a committee prior to shipping to ensure that the facilities and location to which the mosquitoes are being shipped meets a basic set of safety requirements for that species.