Figure 1.

Life cycle of mosquito agents (both males and females) in the ABM. Each oval represents a state in the model. States in which agents move through the landscape are marked in red. The rectangles represent durations for the fixed-duration states. The symbol h denotes hour. Permissible time transition windows (from one state to another) are shown next to the corresponding state transition arrows as rounded rectangles. For example, the rounded rectangle labelled as “7pm-8pm” (between Mate Seeking and Blood Meal Seeking) indicates that female mosquitoes may transition from the Mate Seeking state to the Blood Meal Seeking state only during 7pm-8pm of each (simulated) day. Note that adult males, once reaching the Mate Seeking state, remain forever in that state until they die; adult females cycle through obtaining blood meals (in Blood Meal Seeking state), developing eggs (in Blood meal Digesting state), and ovipositing these eggs (in Gravid state) until they die.