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Table 1 Location of the traps in Mørkøv, Sealand, Denmark, and the number of blood-fed  Culicoides  collected

From: Identity and diversity of blood meal hosts of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides Latreille) in Denmark

Village

Trap location (location reference)

GPS coordinates

Predominant animal species in the vicinity of the trap

Total number of collected Culicoides 

Number of blood-fed females collected (analysed)

Knabstrup

Pastures, on the ground (A)

55°40′25.27″ N; 11°33′14.77″ E

Cow, horse, pheasant

27,147

241 (75)

Knabstrup

Forest, on the ground (B)

55°40.50.98″ N; 11°33′04.05″ E

Pheasant, roe deer

5,554

71 (49)

Skellingsted

Pastures and farm courtyard, on the ground (C)

55°35′27.93″ N; 11°27′09.80″ E

Goat, cow, horse, poultry, dog, human

45,142

602 (124)

Skellingsted

Inside cow barn, on the wall (D)

55°35′37.83″ N; 11°27′33.10″ E

Cow

33,513

1,250 (53)

  1. Total collection N = 111,356.