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

Table 2 Seasonal distribution of the blood-fed biting midges ( Culicoides spp.) caught and analysed in the present study (n = 307)

	Collection week (the week number of which the traps were emptied)
	May			June				July				August				September
Culicoides species	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	28^d	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36^d	37	38	39	40
C. chiopterus ^a		●			●									●	●		●		●
C. circumscriptus ^c																	●	●	●
C. dewulfi ^a		●	●			●	●				●				●			●	●	●
C. duddingstoni		●									●
C. festivipennis ^c									●		●						●
C. furcillatus											●
C. kibunensis									●		●	●
C. lupicaris L2		●									●
C. obsoletus ^a			●		●	●	●		●		●	●	●	●	●			●	●	●
C. obsoletus O2			●
C. pallidi-cornis												●
C. pictipennis		●	●								●
C. poperinghensis		●	●	●	●
C. pulicaris ^b	●		●	●		●			●		●	●		●			●	●	●	●
C. punctatus ^b	●		●		●	●	●		●
C. reconditus			●
C. riethi																	●
C. salinarius												●
C. scoticus ^a		●	●		●	●	●		●		●	●	●		●		●		●
C. vexans	●	●	●		●

Collection was performed on weekly intervals (6–8 days) at four locations between May 8 th and October 6 th 2009, with the exception of the last week of June.
a) Members of the subgenus Avaritia were present blood-fed during the whole collection period.
b) Members of these species were present during the whole collection period, but not always blood-fed.
c) Members of these species were occasionally found during the whole collection period, but seldom blood-fed.
No blood-fed biting midges were collected in week 28, a few in week 36 but none analysed.

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