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Table 3 Mosquito species with avian blood meals

From: Blood-feeding patterns of native mosquitoes and insights into their potential role as pathogen vectors in the Thames estuary region of the United Kingdom

Mosquito species

Bird species

Total

Blackbird

Barn swallow

Chicken

Dark-breasted barn owl

Eurasian skylark

European starling

Grey heron

House sparrow

Long-eared owl

Meadow pipit

Mute swan

Stock dove

Wood pigeon

Yellow wagtail

An. maculipennis (s.l.)a

0

0

60

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

0

0

71

Cx. modestus

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

4

Cx. pipiens f. pipiens

19

92

1

3

2

1

3

12

1

2

0

1

42

1

97

Cs. morsitans

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

Culiseta spp.a

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

Unknown (damaged)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Total

22

95

61

4

2

1

3

14

1

2

1

11

44

1

262

  1. Avian blood meals identified from the mosquito species in this study
  2. aindicates species that also fed on mammals (see Table 3)