Table 1. Origin of the blood meals identified in five different mosquito species during 2007–2009.
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Mosquito species | Avian | Mammal | Reptilian | Horse | Human | Total per species (specimens sampled) |
Culex modestus | 41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 (16,175) |
Culex perexiguus | 49 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 63 (28,226) |
Culex pipiens | 69 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 81 (12,846) |
Culex theileri | 61 | 407 | 0 | 49 | 7 | 468 (99,191) |
Ochlerotatus caspius | 47 | 204 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 251 (56,659) |
The number of blood meals on horses and humans are also included in the mammal data.