Table 2.
Mosquitoes collected over the course of the study at the sites: the number (n), percentage composition (%), mean and range of biting rates at each farm. Mean values represent the number of bites per person, per 25 min, on an average night. The range represents the minimum and maximum number of specimens collected by one collector in any one 25 min period. Farm A is excluded as no mosquitoes were collected there during the study
| Species | Site B | Site C | Site D | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Mean biting rate (range) | n (%) | Mean biting rate (range) | n (%) | Mean biting rate (range) | ||
| Aedes cinereus/geminus | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 2 (4.9) | 0.01 (0–1) | 2 |
| Anopheles claviger | 3 (0.4) | 0.02 (0–1) | 1 (1.4) | 0.01 (0–1) | 0 (0) | – | 4 |
| Aedes geniculatus | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 1 (2.4) | 0.01 (0–1) | 1 |
| Aedes cantans / annulipes | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 10 (24.4) | 0.05 (0–2) | 10 |
| Aedes detritus | 3 (0.4) | 0.02 (0–1) | 68 (94.4) | 0.35 (0–9) | 0 (0) | – | 71 |
| Aedes flavescens | 26 (3.2) | 0.14 (0–6) | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 26 |
| Aedes punctor | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 3 (7.3) | 0.02 (0–1) | 3 |
| Aedes rusticus | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 6 (14.6) | 0.03 (0–1) | 6 |
| Aedes spp. | 1 (0.1) | 0.01 (0–1) | 1 (1.4) | 0.01 (0–1) | 0 (0) | – | 2 |
| Anopheles maculipennis (s.l.)a | 54 (6.7) | 0.28 (0–29) | 0 (0) | – | 1 (2.4) | 0.01 (0–1) | 55 |
| Anopheles plumbeus | 0 (0) | – | 1 (1.4) | 0.01 (0–1) | 4 (9.8) | 0.02 (0–1) | 5 |
| Coquillettidia richiardii | 498 (62.1) | 2.59 (0–67) | 1 (1.4) | 0.01 (0–1) | 12 (29.3) | 0.06 (0–2) | 511 |
| Culex modestus | 199 (24.8) | 1.04 (0–23) | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 199 |
| Culex pipiens b | 16 (2.0) | 0.08 (0–4) | 0 (0) | – | 2 (4.9) | 0.01 (0–1) | 18 |
| Culiseta annulata | 2 (0.3) | 0.01 (0–1) | 0 (0) | – | 0 (0) | – | 2 |
| Total | 802 | 4.18 (0–89) | 72 | 0.38 (0–9) | 41 | 0.21 (0–6) | 915 |
aIncludes both Anopheles atroparvus (van Thiel, 1927) and Anopheles messeae (Falleroni, 1926) / Anopheles daciae (Linton, Nicolescu & Harbach, 2004)
bIncludes Culex pipiens f. pipiens and two specimens not identified to ecoform