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Table 8 Anopheles arabiensis caught per tube distance from each release location during MRRI, 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

Distance:

25 m

50 m

75 m

100 m

125 m

150 m

Total

 

Location:

C

E

C

E

C

E

C

E

C

E

C

E

C

E

Collection day 1

 Marked

2

–

–

2

1

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

4

2

 Wild ♂

2

3

1

1

2

1

–

2

–

2

1

–

6

9

 Wild ♀

1

2

–

1

–

1

–

4

–

1

2

1

3

10

Collection day 2

 Marked

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

 Wild ♂

1

1

1

7

–

3

1

4

–

1

1

4

4

20

 Wild ♀

3

2

–

3

–

4

2

3

–

2

–

2

5

15

Collection Day 3

 Marked

–

–

–

–

–

1

1

–

–

–

–

–

1

1

 Wild ♂

1

5

1

9

2

2

–

4

–

7

–

3

4

30

 Wild ♀

–

–

3

3

1

2

–

2

1

2

–

1

5

10

Collection day 4

 Marked

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Wild ♂

–

–

–

2

–

1

2

1

1

1

1

3

4

8

 Wild ♀

–

–

–

1

–

1

–

–

–

–

1

2

1

4

Collection day 5

 Marked

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1a

–

–

–

1

–

 Wild ♂

2

–

–

3

–

–

–

2

–

4

–

4

2

13

 Wild ♀

1

1

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

2

2

Totals

43

124

 Marked

2

0

0

2

2

1

1

0

2a

0

0

0

7a

3

 Wild ♂

6

9

3

22

4

7

3

13

1

15

3

14

20

80

 Wild ♀

5

5

4

8

1

7

2

9

1

5

3

7

16

41

  1. – = No An. arabiensis mosquitoes captured
  2. aOne marked male was captured at C on day 5 was an orange-marked male that had been released at E