Table 4.
Abdominal condition and physiological age of female Anopheles gambiae caught resting out of doors, Riboque, São Tomé.
Age class | ||||||
Nulliparous | Parous | |||||
Virgin | with plug | Stage II | Stage III | Sac | No-sac | |
Unfed | 180 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Part fed | 59 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
Engorged-semi-gravid | 27 | 30 | 12 | 82 | 14 | 209 |