Impact of sugar composition on meal distribution, longevity, and insecticide toxicity in Aedes aegypti.

•Arabinose, lactose, and cellobiose sugar meals are toxic to Ae. aegypti adult female mosquitoes.•Arabinose enhances Toxic Sugar Bait toxicity to Ae. aegypti adult females, even in the presence of non-toxic sugar sources.•Arabinose does not impact attractiveness of Toxic Sugar Baits when sucrose is present.•Sugar meals do not facilitate uptake of double-stranded RNAs (dsRNA).