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Table 5 Variations in the hourly catches of host-seeking female An. sinensis in bednet traps baited with different animal and human hosts during 17 nights in Yongcheng city, Henan Province, China

From: The abundance and host-seeking behavior of culicine species (Diptera: Culicidae) and Anopheles sinensis in Yongcheng city, people's Republic of China

Hour interval

1N

2Mean

Std. Deviation

Std. Error

95% Confidence

Interval for Mean

     

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

19:00~20:00

426

23.58

21.074

1.021

21.58

25.59

20:00~21:00

494

26.98

20.735

0.933

25.14

28.81

21:00~22:00

307

18.50

14.275

0.815

16.90

20.11

22:00~23:00

286

19.55

19.555

1.156

17.27

21.82

23:00~0:00

255

11.68

10.689

0.669

10.36

13.00

0:00~1:00

218

9.61

6.513

0.441

8.74

10.47

1:00~2:00

296

16.79

11.468

0.667

15.48

18.10

2:00~3:00

311

16.38

11.034

0.626

15.15

17.61

3:00~4:00

255

15.77

13.583

0.851

14.09

17.44

4:00~5:00

315

20.20

13.693

0.772

18.68

21.72

5:00~6:00

232

14.86

12.238

0.803

13.28

16.45

6:00~7:00

313

16.97

12.395

0.701

15.60

18.35

Total

3,708

18.59

16.091

0.264

18.07

19.11

  1. 1N represents the total number of female mosquitoes of each hour. 2The mean of captured mosquitoes refers to the average number of An. sinensis per net per hour.