Table 4.
Number of male and age-graded female Culicoides caught in each trap
| Zoo | Trap site | Trap catches | Females | Males | Total (% catch) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpigmented | Pigmented | Gravid | Blood-fed | |||||
| London | AA1 | 45 | 2344 | 1116 | 45 | 7 | 42 | 3554 (61.6) |
| B1 | 42 | 30 | 18 | 91 | 1 | 16 | 156 (2.7) | |
| MN1 | 24 | 83 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 116 (2.0) | |
| MN2 | 35 | 1352 | 383 | 74 | 0 | 20 | 1829 (31.7) | |
| MS1 | 16 | 58 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 109 (1.9) | |
| Total | 162 | 3867 | 1565 | 235 | 8 | 89 | 5764 | |
| Whipsnade | BG1 | 24 | 88 | 20 | 69 | 3 | 44 | 224 (3.8) |
| HUL1 | 25 | 294 | 110 | 29 | 5 | 17 | 455 (7.7) | |
| PR1 | 19 | 384 | 276 | 151 | 10 | 186 | 1007 (17.1) | |
| EL1 | 25 | 2620 | 965 | 134 | 43 | 160 | 3922 (66.7) | |
| RO1 | 25 | 91 | 36 | 67 | 2 | 75 | 271 (4.6) | |
| Total | 118 | 3477 | 1407 | 450 | 63 | 482 | 5879 | |
| Total from both zoos | 280 | 7344 | 2972 | 685 | 71 | 571 | 11,643 | |
Notes: Females were classified as unpigmented, pigmented, gravid or blood-fed according to their abdomen. A further five Culicoides were damaged and could not be identified or age-graded