The biology of blood-sucking in insects

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Mosquitoes and Their Control (2003, background): “Water vapour in short-range orientation-attraction may also play a role (Lehane, 1991).”
Host preferences of blood-feeding mosquitoes. (2013, background): “attractive cues in a heterogeneous environment (66, 131, 154).”
Consequences of nest reuse for parasite burden and female health and condition in blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus (2007, background): “Adult hen fleas use adult birds and nestlings for regular blood meals and often complete one or two generations within the nestling period of the host (Tripet & Richner 1999a, b). From Berlese counts (see below) we also distinguished larval stages, which grow in the nest material and feed on detritu”
Host condition and host immunity affect parasite fitness in a bird–ectoparasite system (2007, background): “…or blood viscosity), which reduce the feeding efficiency of (ecto-) parasites (see reviews in Marshall 1981; Allen & Nelson 1982; Nelson 1984; Lehane 1991; Allen 1994; Wakelin 1996; Wikel, Bergmann & Ramachandra 1996; Wikel & Bergman 1997; Apanius 1998) or increase the costs associated with…”
How Birds Combat Ectoparasites (2010, neutral): “1874-4532/10 2010 Bentham Open Keywords: Grooming, preening, dusting, sunning, molt, oil, anting, fumigation.”