Table 1.
Number and Percent of Bloodmeals by Host Class for 2,034 Mosquitoes from Shelby County, Tennessee, 2002–2003
| Taxon | Amphibian | Avian | Mammal | Reptile | Mixed avian-mammal | Other mixed feeds | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An. punctipennis | 1 (10) | 8 (80) | 1 (10) | 10 | |||
| An. quadrimaculatus | 1 (<1) | 15 (6) | 220 (88) | 3 (1) | 10 (4) | 249 | |
| Cx. (Cux.) pipiens complex/restuans | 15 (8) | 134 (73) | 25 (14) | 5 (3) | 5 (3) | 184 | |
| Cx. (Cux.) pipiens complex | 38 (9) | 284 (69) | 64 (15) | 10 (2) | 15 (4) | 2 (<1)a | 413 |
| Cx. (Cux.) p. pipiens | 42 (81) | 7 (13) | 3 (6) | 52 | |||
| Cx. (Cux.) p. quinquefasciatus | 5 (4) | 89 (79) | 15 (13) | 2 (2) | 2 (2)b | 113 | |
| Cx. p.p.–p.q. hybrids | 74 (82) | 10 (11) | 2 (2) | 4 (4) | 90 | ||
| Cx. (Cux.) restuans | 53 (12) | 273 (62) | 101 (23) | 9 (2) | 1 (<1) | 437 | |
| Cx. (Mel.) erraticus | 5 (1) | 70 (15) | 341 (75) | 6 (1) | 31 (7) | 1 (<1)c | 454 |
| Cx. (Neo.) territans | 15 (63) | 3 (13) | 5 (21) | 1 (4)d | 24 | ||
| Other taxae | 2 (25) | 6 (75) | 8 |
a
One mixed amphibian-mammal and one mixed avian-reptile.
b
Two mixed amphibian-avian.
c
One mixed mammal-reptile.
d
One mixed amphibian-mammal.
e
Total for taxa in which less than 10 individual bloodmeals were identified. These included Aedes sticticus (n = 3), Ae. triseriatus (n = 1), Ae. vexans (n = 1), Ps. ferox (n = 1), and Ps. horrida (n = 2)