Packed human red blood cells, diluted 1:1 with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) containing 0-21% bovine serum albumin was used as a blood meal source for Anopheles farauti. Egg and larval production linearly increased with bovine serum albumin concentration in PBS. When the saline contained 9-21% bovine serum albumin, egg production was equivalent to that obtained when mosquitoes were fed directly on guinea pigs.