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Previous studies have suggested that adult members of the An. gambiae complex survive the dry season either as aestivating females [5, 6] or as populations in hidden refugia [7, 8]. These dry season survival strategies facilitate rapid recolonisation of the area at the onset of the rainy season. During a short spell of drought, Charlwood et al. [9] found a complete cessation of recruitment of young adults to the population and a drastic decline in adult Anopheles arabiensis in Tanzania. This was ascribed to mass larval mortality due to the rapid drying up of the numerous breeding sites, normally present during the wet season. Once the main rains had started, the populations began to build up again.
During the rainy season, the immature stages of An. gambiae may experience desiccation, due to drying up of their habitats after a few days without rainfall. In addition, eggs may have been laid on damp soil as a result of the female's oviposition choice. The unpredictable rainfall pattern will select those females that make optimal habitat choices for their offspring. Investigating the trade-off between female oviposition choice and optimal larval survival is of key importance in understanding mosquito population dynamics [16].
Assuming random movement of newly hatched larvae, we found that more larvae than expected reached the artificial breeding site, when hatched directly on the edge of the site. We observed that a ring of water film (of 1 cm) was present, directly around the edge of the artificial site, which may explain the higher than expected numbers in the water at this distance. At 2 and 5 cm, there was no difference between observed and expected, while at 10 cm fewer than expected larvae reached the site. This can be explained by assuming that at greater distances mortality during movement towards the site becomes important. Energy reserves may get depleted and larvae may die before reaching the water. 2ff7e9595c
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