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Table 2 Number of mosquitoes collected during the sampling periods 2009-2011

From: Determinants of the population growth of the West Nile virus mosquito vector Culex pipiens in a repeatedly affected area in Italy

 

2009

2010

2011*

Sampling period (first capture – last capture)

27 May – 11 Nov

3 May – 26 Oct

3 May – 25 Oct

Total collected mosquitoes

35, 129

137, 897

85, 136

Total number of captures

222

536

733

Avg. no. mosquitoes per capture

158. 24 (S.E.: 17. 77)

257. 27 (S.E.: 24. 64)

116. 14 (S.E.: 7.85)

Total collected Cx. pipiens

27, 721 (78. 91%)

119, 847 (86. 91%)

68, 932 (80. 97%)

Avg. no. Cx. pipiens per capture

124.87 (S.E.: 15. 01)

223. 60 (S.E.: 22. 40)

94. 04 (S.E.: 6. 74)

Total no. of identified species

12

16

14

  1. The table report results of the capture activities across all study sites; the mean mosquito abundance per capture, and density of Cx. pipiens are also reported.
  2. *Including both Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia.