Local dispersal of palaearctic Culicoides biting midges estimated by mark-release-recapture

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Weather variables for the Bala region of north Wales from 5 ^th to 23 ^rd July 2011

Date	Temperature (°C)			Precipitation (mm)	Humidity (%)	Wind
Date	Maximum	Minimum	Average	Precipitation (mm)	Humidity (%)	Speed (m/s)	Direction
05/07/2011^a	20	14	17	0.8	65	4.72	SE
06/07/2011^a	20	13	16	0.6	67	3.61	SW
07/07/2011^a	20	11	16	2	71	5	SW
08/07/2011^ab	18	8	13	3	78	4.44	S
09/07/2011^b	20	12	16	0	65	3.61	NW
10/07/2011^b	17	12	14	15	78	2.22	NW
11/07/2011^bc	19	8	14	0	69	2.22	NW
12/07/2011^c	20	11	16	0	65	2.22	E
13/07/2011^c	18	15	12	0	57	2.78	N
14/07/2011^cd	21	7	14	0	61	3.33	NW
15/07/2011^d	22	9	16	0.4	64	2.78	S
16/07/2011^d	19	13	16	2	72	4.72	SW
17/07/2011^de	15	11	13	6	87	3.89	W
18/07/2011^e	17	13	15	0.4	78	5	W
19/07/2011^e	16	13	14	0.2	77	4.17	NW
20/07/2011^ef	17	14	11	0	66	3.06	NW
21/07/2011^f	18	12	15	0	75	2.78	N
22/07/2011^f	18	11	14	1	73	1.94	N
23/07/2011^f	17	7	12	0	67	3.61	NW

Differing colours of micronized fluorescent dusts were used consecutively during the study, whereby ^aindicates pink, ^bis green, ^cis red, ^dis blue, ^eis orange, and ^fis yellow. The first date for each dust replicate indicates the day that marked individuals were released, with the 3 subsequent days representing recapture days.

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