Culicoides species composition and molecular identification of host blood meals at two zoos in the UK

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Number of male and age-graded female Culicoides caught in each trap

Zoo	Trap site	Trap catches	Females				Males	Total (% catch)
Zoo	Trap site	Trap catches	Unpigmented	Pigmented	Gravid	Blood-fed	Males	Total (% catch)
London	AA1	45	2344	1116	45	7	42	3554 (61.6)
	B1	42	30	18	91	1	16	156 (2.7)
	MN1	24	83	26	4	0	3	116 (2.0)
	MN2	35	1352	383	74	0	20	1829 (31.7)
	MS1	16	58	22	21	0	8	109 (1.9)
Total		162	3867	1565	235	8	89	5764
Whipsnade	BG1	24	88	20	69	3	44	224 (3.8)
	HUL1	25	294	110	29	5	17	455 (7.7)
	PR1	19	384	276	151	10	186	1007 (17.1)
	EL1	25	2620	965	134	43	160	3922 (66.7)
	RO1	25	91	36	67	2	75	271 (4.6)
Total		118	3477	1407	450	63	482	5879
Total from both zoos		280	7344	2972	685	71	571	11,643

Notes: Females were classified as unpigmented, pigmented, gravid or blood-fed according to their abdomen. A further five Culicoides were damaged and could not be identified or age-graded

ISSN: 1756-3305