Department of Biological Sciences, University of Agriculture, P.M.B 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author's: E-mail: healthbayom@yahoo.com
Nine species of mosquitoes were encountered during the study period. Ae. aegypti was the most abundant species constituting 75.39% of the total larvae collected followed by Culex quinquefasciatus (7.92%) and Aedes metallicus (6.83%). Other species were Aedes circumleteolus (6.54%), Culex dutoni (1.62%), Aedes albopictus (0.85%), Aedes taylori (0.74%), Aedes caballus (0.08%) and Aedes myormioformis (0.04%). Black containers harboured the highest number of larvae (32.12%) followed by yellow (24.01%), green (23.39%), red (15.40%) and white (5.00%) containers. Bamboo stumps bred the highest number of larvae (60.66%) followed by calabash gourd (26.04%) and plastic (13.27%).
