Research Article
The Abundance and Biting Patterns of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Culicidae) in the Coastal Region of Nigeria
Table 3
Circadian variation in parity of human landing mosquitoes in the coastal region of Nigeria.
| Time | Number dissected | Number parous (%) |
| 18.00-19.00 | 394 | 134 (34.0) | 19.00-20.00 | 401 | 115 (37.4) | 20.00-21.00 | 360 | 130 (36.1) | 21.00-22.00 | 321 | 125 (38.9) | 22.00-23.00 | 261 | 135 (51.7) | 23.00-00.00 | 270 | 127 (47.0) | 00.00-01.00 | 253 | 119 (47.0) | 01.00-02.00 | 228 | 92 (40.4) | 02.00-03.00 | 157 | 55 (35.0) | 03.00-04.00 | 104 | 34 (32.7) | 04.00-05.00 | 147 | 46 (31.3) | 05.00-06.00 | 218 | 62 (28.4) |
| Total | 3114 | 1209 (38.8) |
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