Table 2.

Entomological module parameters

Parameter name	Value	Notes and references
Aquatic stage development time	15 days	[51]
Random walk pixels weight host-seeking mode and blood-seeking mode	0.85	Calibration parameter
Biting hours	From 7 pm to 5 am	[38]
Probability to fail the bite	0–1	0 when the human agent is protected against malaria 1 when the human agent is not protected against malaria
Resting time after blood meal	4 h	[49]
Time required for eggs maturation after the blood meal	48 h	[51]
Daily survival probability function	$p_s=e^{-\frac{1}{-4.4+1.3·T-0.03·T^2}}$	[53]; T is the temperature
survival probability factor during a rainy day	0.7	Calibration parameter
Minimum rain of a rainy day	100 mm/day	Calibration parameter