Changes in vector species composition and current vector biology and behaviour will favour malaria elimination in Santa Isabel Province, Solomon Islands

Table 3 Human landing collections of An. solomonis and host movements in Kolosori village.

Time pm-am	No. collected outdoors	No. collected indoors	% of total catch	% of villagers outdoors
6-7	130	17	51.6	100
7-8	26	15	14.4	85.7
8-9	21	4	8.8	66.0
9-10	13	2	5.3	36.5
10-11	10	2	4.2	28.2
11-12	9	3	4.2	22.7
12-1	5	0	1.8	19.5
1-2	7	2	3.2	13.2
2-3	1	1	0.7	14.8
3-4	2	2	1.4	12.7
4-5	1	0	0.4	11.8
5-6	12	0	4.2	22.5
Totals	237	48	100

Collections were made each hour (6 pm-6 am) over 10 nights by three collectors indoors and three collectors outdoors and the percentage of the village population outdoors for each hour (based on a mean of 10 nights and a total village population of 60).

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