Spanish Town, city, southeast-central Jamaica. It is situated along the Rio Cobre, some 10 miles (16 km) west of Kingston. Probably laid out by Diego Columbus (c. 1523), it was originally called Santiago de la Vega (St. James of the Plain), and it was Jamaica’s capital from 1692...
Animal bait catches (see Chap. 6) usually catch only unfed females in search of a blood-meal and the choice of bait species will in many cases determine the species of mosquito sampled. Attractant traps (Chap. 11) also predominantly sample host seeking females, and may often attract only c...