Table 2.
Mammalian hosts fed upon by different mosquito species during the mosquito seasons of 2002–2003
| Mosquito species | No. tested | Mammalian hosts (% of total mammalian hosts identified)
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| Human | Dog | Cat | Deer | Horse | Rabbit | Squirrel | Raccoon | Opossum | ||
| Ae. albopictus | 909 | 219 (24) | 124 (14) | 193 (21) | 25 (3) | 40 (4) | 88 (10) | 104 (11) | 53 (6) | 63 (7) |
| Ae. triseriatus | 407 | 28 (8) | 14 (3) | 38 (9) | 9 (2) | 13 (3) | 47 (12) | 221 (54) | 29 (7) | 8 (2) |
| Ae. vexans | 782 | 23 (3) | 14 (2) | 45 (6) | 494 (64) | 62 (8) | 77 (10) | 36 (5) | 24 (3) | 7 (1) |
| Cx. pipiens | 11 | 1 (9) | 2 (18) | 1 (9) | 1 (9) | 6 (55) | ||||
| Cx. restuans | 19 | 1 (5) | 4 (21) | 1 (5) | 4 (21) | 3 (16) | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | 3 (16) | 1 (5) |
| Ps. ferox | 50 | 1 (2) | 9 (18) | 18 (36) | 9 (18) | 7 (14) | 2 (4) | 1 (2) | 3 (6) | |