Table 1.
Composition of RVF mosquito species collected in traps with different lights at three time intervals and two locations
| Experimental period | N | Species | Treatment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (incandescent light) | BGR | Blue | Green | Red | Violet | |||
| Ijara December 2010 |
14 |
Ae. tricholabis |
3464 |
2245 |
1141 |
1338 |
895 |
1395 |
|
Ae.mcintoshi |
198 |
255 |
137 |
119 |
184 |
121 |
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|
Ae.ochraceus |
734 |
732 |
913 |
789 |
582 |
192 |
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| IjaraMay- June 2011 |
11 |
Ae. tricholabis |
2755 |
969 |
604 |
314 |
267 |
781 |
|
Ae.mcintoshi |
196 |
84 |
108 |
64 |
38 |
43 |
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|
Ae.ochraceus |
162 |
54 |
61 |
23 |
31 |
40 |
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|
Cx. pipiens |
244 |
86 |
81 |
26 |
26 |
78 |
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| Marigat July-September 2011 | 17 |
Mn. uniformis |
1195 |
941 |
853 |
747 |
580 |
566 |
|
Mn. africana |
1134 |
504 |
538 |
531 |
464 |
438 |
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| Cx. pipiens | 682 | 385 | 377 | 242 | 227 | 331 | ||
N = No. of replicates.