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Table 3 Frequency and relative percentage of adult mosquitoes collected at different resting heights

From: Bionomic aspects of dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus at domestic settings in urban, suburban and rural areas in Gampaha District, Western Province of Sri Lanka

Resting height (m)

Aedes aegypti

Aedes albopictus

Total

Female

Male

Total

Female

Male

Total

< 1

389 (55.2%)

51 (39.2%)

440 (52.7%)

320 (41.2%)

79 (35.6%)

399 (39.9%)

839 (45.7%)

1–2

214 (30.4%)

71 (54.6%)

285 (34.1%)

405 (52.1%)

111 (50.0%)

516 (51.7%)

801(43.7%)

2–3

73 (10.3%)

4 (3.1%)

77 (9.2%)

37 (4.8%)

12 (5.4%)

49 (4.9%)

126(6.9%)

> 3

29 (4.1%)

4 (3.1%)

33 (4.0%)

15 (1.9%)

20 (9.0%)

35 (3.5%)

68 (3.7%)

  1. Values in parentheses refer to the frequencies of the number of adult mosquitoes collected for Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus