Dispersal of adult female Culex annulirostris in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia: a further study.

The dispersal of Culex annulirostris was studied during February 1986 in Griffith, N.S.W. using a mark-release-recapture technique. Parity was determined of recaptured females and a sample of the population at release. Parity rates of the 2 populations were comparable, and no significant differences were detected between the dispersal characteristics of the nulliparous and parous recaptured females. The maximum flight distance observed was 12 km, the limit of the trapping network. It was estimated that the mean distance traveled was 4.4 km and 36.6% (n = 377) of the population dispersed further than 5 km. The majority (81.2%, n = 377) of recaptures were taken within 2 days of release and the rate of dispersal of the population was estimated at 2.2 km/day.