Nutrient limitation results in juvenile hormone-mediated resorption of previtellogenic ovarian follicles in mosquitoes

► Follicular resorption in resting stage mosquitoes depends on nutritional quality. ► Follicular resorption is related to JH levels. ► Decrease in the nutritional status causes decrease in JH levels. ► An apoptotic cell-death mechanism is responsible for follicular resorption. ► JH mediates reproductive trade-offs in resting stage mosquitoes.