Fig. 1

Map of the trapping sites within Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa. Colors represent the regions where trapping occurred. From south to north, these include the Malelane, Skukuza (no weather data), Satara, Shingwedzi and Punda Maria sections. Each dot in the map represents a unique water body sampled. Regions of the park were characterized by distinct weather patterns (Additional file 1: Table S1). The base map uses Google, TerraMetrics imagery and was made using R with the GetMap function in the RGoogleMaps package [61]. The KNP boundary was provided by South African National Park’s Scientific Services