Table 2.

Regression coefficients with 95% Wald confidence intervals and ∆AIC for the fixed effects of the final Bayesian general linear mixed models with a Binomial error distribution used to describe the presence of ovalbumin‐marked Culicoides (all species) (random effects: days since egg treatment)

Parameters	Estimate (95% CI)	∆AIC
Intercept	−3·48 (−4·39 to −2·57)***
Mean air temperature	2·83 (1·50–4·17)***	18·34
Mean relative humidity	1·33 (0·43–2·22)**	5·71
Mean solar radiation	2·13 (0·81–3·47)**	9·04
Mean wind speed	−2·30 (−3·63 to −0·97)***	12·22
Distance from egg‐marked area	−1·73 (2·85 to −0·62)**	9·66

**P ≤ 0·01, ***P ≤ 0·001.