Indoor and outdoor resting mosquito recapture
Mosquitoes that were not caught in the bed net trap or window exit trap
were collected from inside the hut and outside at 0700HRS using
Prokopack aspirators (John W Hock, Gainesville, FL, USA). For mosquitoes
resting indoors, walls and ceilings were systematically aspirated using
progressive down and upward movements along its entire length. For
outdoor resting mosquitoes, the collection was done from the clay pots
(Fig. 1 F) by placing a white mesh from a mosquito cage over the mouth
and agitating the mosquitoes inside the pot, causing them to fly and
move to the cage (van den Bijllaardtet al. , 2009). The corners of the screen house and the
vegetation cover were also scanned for resting mosquitoes using the
Prokopack aspirator.