Assessing the Filariasis Causing Parasites in Adult Mosquitoes and the Vector Mosquito Larval Breeding in Selected Medical Officer of Health Areas in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Table 4

Mean density of mosquito species larvae collected from different breeding habitats.

Habitat	Average pH	Average DO (mg/L)	Mosquito species
			Culex quinquefasciatus	Culex gelidus	Culex pipiens	Culex fuscocephala	Culex tritaeniorinchus	Mansonia uniformis	Armigerus subalbatus
Blocked canals	6.96	6.88	0	0	17	51	0	0	50
Block drains	7.2	6.1	72	36	21	51	0	0	50
Polluted drains	6.76	5.9	113	0	34	0	0	0	37
Marsh land with vegetation	7.1	7.48	0	50	0	0	0	122	0
Large polluted water body with waste	7.31	5.8	32	0	20	34	0	17	41
Rice field mud flats	6.8	5.18	0	24	0	65	32	0	0
Stagnant water body	7.49	7.05	44	0	0	39	0	0	69
Concrete pits/tank	7.07	6.88	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
Other places	6.94	4.81	15	0	15	0	0	0	0