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Larvae reared with the lowest diet abundance had significantly fewer bacteria than larvae from two higher diet treatments, but not from the highest diet abundance. Adults from the lowest diet abundance treatment had significantly fewer bacteria in their midguts compared to all higher diet abundance treatments. Larval diet amount also had a significant impact on microbiota composition, primarily within larval breeding water and larvae. Increasing diet correlated with increased relative levels of <jats:italic>Enterobacteriaceae<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Flavobacteriaceae<\/jats:italic> and decreased relative levels of <jats:italic>Sphingomonadaceae<\/jats:italic>. Multiple individual OTUs were significantly impacted by diet including one mapping to the genus <jats:italic>Cedecea<\/jats:italic>, which increased with higher diet amounts. This was consistent across all sample types, including sugar fed and blood fed adults. 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