Table 1.

Parameters used in equations for stage transitions

Parameter	Description	Value (lit.)	Value (exp.)	Source
ξ	Mating term	Varies
τ	Sex ratio (proportion m:f)	Varies
φ	Male insemination rate (♀ ♀/d)	0.5; 0.3	0.245; 0.09	A. C. Rodriguez, R. L. Aldridge, and W. A. F. (unpublished data)
β	Blood feeding probability/female/d	0.2
μ	Death rate in environments with sugar or sugar-free (s/sf) of:			Gary and Foster 2001; Midega et al. 2007
	Males
	Females, blood fed	0.034; 0.34	0.192; 0.693
	Females, unfed	0.028; 0.034	0.128; 0.16
		0.23	0.46
η	Adult male maturation rate	0.7		Gary et al. 2009
R	Daily production of offspring that survive to emerge as adults of a mated, blood fed female	0.099	1.03	Fitted to give pop growth rates of 50x/yr; or 10× in 100 d

lit., values estimated from literature or other sources; exp., experimental results from this study.