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Table 4 Mean distance travelled (km) from release site by individual Culicoides species during a mark-release-recapture experiment in the Bala region of north Wales

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

 

Nights post-release

Species

1

2

3

Entire experiment

C. obsoletus/scoticus

1.5

2.2

2.5

2.17

C. dewulfi

-

2

2.5

2.2

C. pulicaris

-

2.2

-

2.2

C. festivipennis

1.5

-

-

1.5

C. obsoletus Male

-

1

-

1

All Culicoides

    

Female

1.5

2.15

2.5

2.21

Male & Female

1.5

1.79

2.5

2.15