Table 3.
Mosquito Feeding Patterns at The Agriculture Site In 2010 and 2011, Steele County, North Dakota
| Host | Cx. tarsalis | Cx. pipiens | Ae. canadensis | Ae. dorsalis | Ae. excrucians | Ae. flavescens | Ae. triseriatus | Ae. vexans | Cs. inornata | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 125 | 4 | 149 | |||
| Cow | 1 | 1 | 21 | 23 | ||||||
| Dog | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| Cat | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Rabbit | 2 | 11 | 13 | |||||||
| Human | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| AmericanRobin | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| House Sparrow | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Cedar Waxwing | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Mourning Dove | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| AmericanGoldfinch | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Chipping | ||||||||||
| Sparrow | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cliff | ||||||||||
| Swallow | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| CommonGrackle | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Green | ||||||||||
| Heron | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 32 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 177 | 5 | 244 |
Vertebrate species determined by PCR and sequencing. See Table 1 for primers and target genes.