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Table 6 Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes captured per cloth tube per day during MRRPT, Mamfene, Jozini, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

From: Estimates of the population size and dispersal range of Anopheles arabiensis in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: implications for a planned pilot programme to release sterile male mosquitoes

Collection day

Cloth tube numbera

50.1

50.5

100.2

100.4

100.6

100.7

200.5

200.8b

200.9

400. 2

400.7

400.12

Totals

Day 1

 Marked ♂

2

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

 Wild ♂

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

–

–

–

–

3

 Wild ♀

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

3

–

–

–

–

4

Day 2

 Marked ♂

–

–

–

–

2

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

 Wild ♂

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

2

 Wild ♀

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

2

–

–

–

–

3

Day 3

 Marked ♂

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

 Wild ♂

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

 Wild ♀

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

1

1

–

–

3

Day 4

 Marked ♂

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

 Wild ♂

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

1

 Wild ♀

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

1

1

–

3

Day 5

 Marked ♂

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

 Wild ♂

–

–

–

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

 Wild ♀

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Day 6

 Marked ♂

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

 Wild ♂

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

1

 Wild ♀

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

–

–

–

1

3

Day 7

 Marked ♂

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

 Wild ♂

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

 Wild ♀

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

–

–

3

Totals

 Marked ♂

2

0

0

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

 Wild ♂

0

1

0

2

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

9

 Wild ♀

0

2

1

1

0

0

1

8

1

4

1

1

20

  1. Only the cloth tubes from which An. arabiensis mosquitoes were collected are shown
  2. aCloth tube numbers are given with the first number indicating the distance from the release point and the second number indicating the cloth tube number for that distance. For example, 50.5 is the fifth cloth tube at a distance of 50 m from the release point
  3. b200.8 was not a cloth tube but a clay pot. All other resting sites were cloth tubes