The biting habits of An. koliensis have been observed on New Guinea island [377, 384, 391, 402, 412, 423, 424] and the Solomon Islands [425]. Females are generally strongly anthropophilic but they will also feed on animals (birds, dogs and pigs). This species readily bites outdoors and will freely enter houses to feed but does not rest indoors for long periods of time either before or after feeding [422]. Females have been found resting inside dwellings throughout the evening and during the day, but this is rare [399]. Similar to An. punctulatus, biting occurs throughout the night both indoors and outdoors with the greatest activity often occurring later in the evening between midnight and dawn. Feeding frequency and peak activity are variable by locality and season; in some areas biting peaks occur before midnight and in others the majority of biting occurs during the early hours of the morning [422] (Table 11).
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