Table 2. Parameters for the swarm simulation. The four parameters at the bottom are used only in the simulation with interaction. Three components in each of k and b correspond to the values used for down-wind, cross-wind and vertical direction, respectively.

	mean	SD	units
Cohesive motion
mass of mosquito	m = 10−6	N/A	kg
rest length of spring	l0 = 0	N/A	m
spring constants	k = [35, 27, 10] × 10−6	±[23, 20, 21] × 10−6	N/m
damping constants	b = [5.4, 4.5, 5.4] × 10−6	±[2.0, 1.5, 2.7] × 10−6	N·s/m
integration time step	Δt = 0.04	N/A	s
intensity of random forcing		±[6.5, 7.1, 4.6] × 10−6	N
Interaction
damping constant for interaction	bint = 116 × 10−6	±66 × 10−6	N· s/m
threshold for velocity alignment	r* = 0.75	N/A
gain of damping term	λ = 0.73	±0.12