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Table 4 Dates when gravid or blood-fed females of Cx. pipiens and Cx. restuans were last collected in the fall/winter and first 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

Last blood-fed female collected (in fall)

First blood-fed female collected (in spring)

Last gravid female collected (in fall/winter)

First gravid female collected (in spring)

Cx. pipiens

November 10 ′21

(n/aa, n/ab, Nov 10c)

March 25 ′22

(n/aa, Apr 2b, Mar 25c)

December 31 ′21

(Nov 22a, Nov 7b, Dec 31c)

March 27 ′21

(Mar 28a, Mar 27b, Mar 31c)

Cx. restuans

November 10′21

(n/aa, n/ab, Nov 10c)

April 15 ′22

(n/aa, n/ab, Apr 15c)

November 22 ′19

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

March 17 ′22

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

  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