Table 1.

Daily air temperature, relative humidity, and rainfall in Iquitos, Peru, during study periods

Experiment	Avg min. daily temp °C ± SD	Avg max. daily temp °C ± SD	Mean temp °C ± SD	Mean RH % ± SD	Avg daily rainfall mm ± SD
Substrate preference
Aug.–Sept. 2007 (34 d)	21.7 ± 0.6	32.6 ± 1.6	25.8 ± 1.0	80.2 ± 4.0	11.9 ± 25.9
Sept.–Oct 2007 (26 d)	21.9 ± 0.6	33.2 ± 1.4	26.2 ± 0.8	79.4 ± 3.6	12.2 ± 29.7
Periodicity
July 2007 (6 d)	20.1 ± 2.6	31.8 ± 2.6	24.6 ± 1.8	80.7 ± 6.0	11.2 ± 17.9
Aug. 2007 (10 d)	21.1 ± 1.3	32.3 ± 0.9	25.7 ± 0.7	79.4 ± 4.2	5.1 ± 8.4
May 2009 (6 d)	22.2 ± 0.7	31.6 ± 1.3	25.8 ± 0.8	85.4 ± 3.3	3.2 ± 3.8
Gonotrophic cycle length
Sept. 2007 (21 d)	21.8 ± 0.4	33.1 ± 1.2	26.1 ± 0.7	79.2 ± 2.6	13.2 ± 29.1
Oct. 2007 (21 d)	22.2 ± 0.9	32.3 ± 1.5	25.4 ± 1.3	83.3 ± 5.2	11.8 ± 16.6