Table 1.
Identification of bloodmeal hosts of Culex tarsalis collected during 1998–2002 near the Salton Sea, Coachella Valley, Riverside County, CA
| Common name | Species | Collection method |
Total | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suction trap | CO2 trap | Resting | ||||
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | 20 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 12.5% |
| Black-Crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | 4 | 25 | 2 | 31 | 11.7% |
| Chicken | Gallus gallus | 21 | 2 | 23 | 8.7% | |
| Greater Roadrunner | Geococcyx californianus | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8.3% | |
| White-Winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | 4 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 6.8% |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5.3% |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2.3% | |
| Gambel’s Quail | Callipepla gambelii | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.9% | |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | 4 | 4 | 1.5% | ||
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.5% | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.5% | |
| Bullock’s Oriole | Icterus bullockii | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.1% | |
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | 3 | 3 | 1.1% | ||
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.8% | |
| Black Necked stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.8% | |
| Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher | Polioptila melanura | 2 | 2 | 0.8% | ||
| Brown-Headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | 2 | 2 | 0.8% | ||
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.8% | |
| Cooper’s Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | 2 | 2 | 0.8% | ||
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | 2 | 2 | 0.8% | ||
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | 2 | 2 | 0.8% | ||
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | 2 | 2 | 0.8% | ||
| American Coot | Fulica americana | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Brewer’s Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Lesser nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| MacGillivray’s Warbler | Oporornis tolmiei | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Swainson’s Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Yellow-Rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata | 1 | 1 | 0.4% | ||
| Bird total | 44 | 107 | 52 | 203 | 76.6% | |
| Percent of total birds | 21.7% | 52.7% | 25.6% | |||
| Rat | Rattus rattus | 15 | 15 | 5.7% | ||
| Dog | Canis lupus | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3.8% |
| Horse | Equus caballus | 8 | 8 | 3.0% | ||
| Desert Cottontail | Sylvilagus audubonii | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2.3% | |
| Human | Homo sapiens | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.1% | |
| Cat | Felis catus | 2 | 2 | 0.8% | ||
| Coyote | Canis latrans | 2 | 2 | 0.8% | ||
| Raccoon | Procyon lotor | 2 | 2 | 0.8% | ||
| Mammal total | 2 | 31 | 15 | 48 | 18.1% | |
| Percent of total mammals | 4.2% | 64.6% | 31.3% | |||
| Long-Tailed Brush Lizard | Urosaurus graciosus | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5.3% |
| Reptile total | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5.3% | |
| Percent of total reptiles | 71.4% | 14.3% | 14.3% | |||
| Total identified | 56 | 140 | 69 | 265 | 83.3% | |
| No match | Good sequence; no match | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mixed | mixed sequence, no result | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Negative | No amplification | 9 | 31 | 5 | 45 | |
| Total unidentified or negative | 12 | 34 | 7 | 53 | 16.7% | |
| Total specimens tested | 68 | 174 | 76 | 318 | ||