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Table 1 Abdominal conditions of female An. arabiensis and Cx. quinquefasciatus sampled by light trap and odour baited resting boxes in selected houses.

From: Optimization of odour-baited resting boxes for sampling malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis Patton, in arid and highland areas of Africa

Method

Species

Unfed

Fed

Semi gravid

Gravid

CDC light trap

An. arabiensis

9442 (44.97%)

0

0

0

 

An. funestus group

126 (0.60%)

0

0

0

 

An.rufipes

320 (1.52%)

0

0

0

 

Cx. quinquefasciatus

2532 (12.06%)

0

0

0

Odour baited resting boxes

An. arabiensis

820 (3.90%)

3119 (14.89%)

2984 (14.21%)

1128 (5.37%)

 

Cx. quinquefasciatus

180 (0.86%)

94 (0.45%)

220 (1.05%)

36 (0.17%)

  1. The percentage is derived from overall sampled mosquitoes by both methods