Volume 13, Number 12—December 2007
Dispatch
Host-Feeding Patterns of Culex Mosquitoes in Relation to Trap Habitat
Table
Monthly prevalence of predominant avian hosts of Culex pipiens and Cx. restuans, New York
Month | Total no. blood meals identified | Northern cardinal |
American robin |
Gray catbird |
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Cx. pipiens | Cx. restuans | % of total | Cx. pipiens | Cx. restuans | % of total | Cx. pipiens | Cx. restuans | % of total | ||||
May | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 14.3 | |||||||
Jun | 83 | 5 | 13 | 21.7 | 11 | 13.3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
Jul | 99 | 22 | 17 | 39.4 | 7 | 3 | 10.1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Aug | 82 | 21 | 25.6 | 11 | 13.4 | 14 | 1 | 18.3 | ||||
Sep | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 1 | 5.6 | 6 | 1 | 38.9 | ||||
Oct | 1 | 1 | 100 |
1Current affiliation: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
2Current affiliation: State of New York Department of Health, Syracuse, New York, USA
3Current affiliation: University of North Texas–Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA