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Table 2 Dates when diapausing or non-diapausing females of Cx. pipiens, Cx. restuans and Cx. erraticus were first collected in the fall and last collected in the spring during each collection season

From: Characterizing seasonal changes in the reproductive activity of Culex mosquitoes throughout the fall, winter, and spring in Ohio

Species

Earliest diapausing Culex collected (in fall)

Latest non-diapausing Culex collected (in fall/winter)

Earliest non-diapausing Culex collected (in spring)

Latest diapausing Culex collected (in spring)

Cx. pipiens

October 4 ′22

(Oct 11a, n/ab, Oct 4c)

January 13 ′22

(Nov 22a, Oct 10b, Jan 13c)

March 2 ′22

(Mar 28a, Mar 27b, Mar 2c)

May 12 ′22

(n/aa, Apr 10b, May 12c)

Cx. restuans

October 7 ′22

(Oct 18a, Oct 10b, Oct 7c)

November 22 ′19

(Nov 22a, Nov 7b, Nov 10c)

March 17 ′22

(Mar 28a, Apr 10b, Mar 17c)

May 12 ′22

(n/aa, May 9b, May 12c)

Cx. erraticus

October 4 '22

(n/aa, n/ab, Oct 4c)

December 31 ′21

(Oct 4a, n/ab, Dec 31c)

April 28 ′22

(n/aa, n/ab, Apr 15c)

April 21 '22

(n/aa, n/ab, Apr 21c)

  1. aEarliest/latest date from the 2019–2020 collection season
  2. bEarliest/latest date from the 2020–2021 collection season
  3. cEarliest/latest date from the 2021–2022 collection season