Table 1.
Relative abundance of forest and savannah dwelling groups of S. damnosum s.l. caught biting at Abeokuta, southwestern Nigeria from August 2007 to July 2008
| Months | Number of flies of savannah dwelling group | Number of flies forest dwelling group | Monthly Total flies |
Monthly Average Temperature (°C) |
Monthly Average Rainfall (mm) |
Monthly Average Relative Humidity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 |
52 | 185 | 237 | 31.5 | 32.3 | 78.9 |
| September 2007 | 28 | 90 | 119 | 28.6 | 16.1 | 81.5 |
| October 2007 |
96 | 45 | 141 | 26.2 | 25.0 | 76 |
| November 2007 | 79 | 7 | 86 | 26.7 | 18.5 | 65.9 |
| December 2007 | 46 | 11 | 57 | 25.8 | 16.4 | 69.2 |
| January 2008 |
6 | 3 | 9 | 24.9 | 0 | 58.4 |
| February 2008 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 26.1 | 0 | 64.1 |
| March 2008 |
89 | 25 | 114 | 26.9 | 24.3 | 64.2 |
| April 2008 |
24 | 11 | 35 | 27.3 | 30.7 | 63.6 |
| May 2008 |
28 | 12 | 40 | 27.3 | 13.8 | 62.6 |
| June 2008 |
17 | 11 | 28 | 26.7 | 23.4 | 68.8 |
| July 2008 |
62 | 174 | 236 | 25.6 | 28.2 | 73.2 |
| Total/Average | 543 | 596 | 1139 | 26.9 | 19.1 | 68.9 |