Fig. 2.

Motility of flightless females. a Test cage (bottom 27 × 27 cm, top 25 × 25 cm, height 27 cm) in which females were released individually from the center of the top (arrow) to examine their flight ability. The number of mosquitoes dropped inside the circle (15 cm diameter) at the bottom (arrowhead) was counted (see Table 1). b The posture of mosquitoes in a rearing container in which the inside walls were covered with or without a net. Statistical differences were evaluated using the chi-square test