Blood-feeding ecology of mosquitoes in two zoological gardens in the United Kingdom

Hernandez-Colina, Arturo; Gonzalez-Olvera, Merit; Lomax, Emily; Townsend, Freya; Maddox, Amber; Hesson, Jenny C.; Sherlock, Kenneth; Ward, Dawn; Eckley, Lindsay; Vercoe, Mark; Lopez, Javier; Baylis, Matthew

doi:10.1186/s13071-021-04735-0

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Minimum travelling distances of blood-fed mosquitoes that fed on zoo vertebrates

From: Blood-feeding ecology of mosquitoes in two zoological gardens in the United Kingdom

Sampling season	Mosquito	Zoo vertebrate		Sampling area	Minimum flying distance (m)
Sampling season	Mosquito	Scientific name	Common name	Sampling area	Minimum flying distance (m)
Chester Zoo 2017	Cx. pipiens	Camelus bactrianus	Bactrian camel	A1	234.3
		Cissa thalassina	Javan green magpie	A4	58
		Cissa thalassina	Javan green magpie	A3	34.16
		Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi/Tauraco schalowi	Rothschild’s giraffe/Schalow’s turaco	A1	303.28^a
		Tauraco schalowi	Schalow’s turaco	A1	168.58
		Tauraco schalowi	Schalow’s turaco	A1	168.58
		Tauraco schalowi	Schalow’s turaco	A7	204.7
	Culiseta spp.	Camelus bactrianus	Bactrian camel	A7	56.18
		Camelus bactrianus	Bactrian camel	A7	56.18
		Camelus bactrianus	Bactrian camel	A7	56.18
		Rucervus eldii thamin	Eld’s deer	A1	336.73
		Rucervus eldii thamin	Eld’s deer	A11	55.88
		Tragelaphus eurycerus	Bongo	A10	107.06
	Unknown^b	Tauraco schalowi	Schalow’s turaco	A1	156.61
Chester Zoo 2018	An. maculipennis	Spheniscus humboldti	Humboldt penguin	A2	21.34
	Cx. pipiens	Strix leptogrammica	Brown wood Owl	A13	185.26
	Culiseta spp.	Camelus bactrianus	Bactrian camel	A11	178.07
	Culiseta spp.	Rucervus eldii thamin	Eld’s deer	A11	55.88
	Unknown^b	Spheniscus humboldti	Humboldt penguin	A2	21.34
Chester Zoo 2019	Cx. pipiens	Phoenicopterus ruber	Caribbean flamingo	A1	28.41
	Cx. pipiens	Spheniscus humboldti	Humboldt penguin	A12	13.72
	An. maculipennis	Spheniscus humboldti	Humboldt penguin	A12	19.19
Flamingo Land	Cx. pipiens	Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris	Capybara	A2	46.67
	Culiseta spp.	Camelus bactrianus	Bactrian camel	A4	24.76
		Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris	Capybara	A1	49.23
		Oryx dammah	Scimitar-horned oryx	A1	366.74
	Unknown^b	Oryx dammah	Scimitar-horned oryx	A2	292.94

^aMixed blood meals, includes the distance between the exhibits of both vertebrates and the trap
^bThese mosquitoes were only identified to the Culicinae subfamily due to damaged legs. Sampling areas are presented in Fig. 2 for Chester Zoo and Fig. 3 for Flamingo Land

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