Mosquito larval habitats
Site | Type of larval habitat | No. of dips | Number of larvae collected (%) | Larval habitats identified | Larval habitats with larvae | Mosquito genera | |
Anopheles larvae | Culex larvae | ||||||
Mapalo | Foundation trenches | 71 | 89 (3.37) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Tyre marks | 86 | 31 (1.17) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Blocked drainages | 18 | 13 (0.49) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Subtotal | 175 | 133 (5.03) | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |
Musalu | Irrigation canals | 362 | 1690 (63.94) | 19 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
Tyre marks | 147 | 258 (9.76) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Garden ponds | 203 | 553 (20.92) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Blocked drainages | 27 | 9 (0.34) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Subtotal | 739 | 2510 (94.97) | 27 | 17 | 15 | 17 | |
Kamalasha | Tyre marks | -* | 0 (0.0) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Subtotal | -* | 0 (0.0) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pima | Shallow wells | -* | 0 (0.0) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stream | -* | 0 (0.0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Subtotal | -* | 0 (0.0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total from all sites | 914 | 2643 (100) | 43 | 24 | 21 | 24 |
*No larvae found after visual inspection followed by 10 dips.