Evaluating vector mosquito occurrence in residential rain barrels in central Illinois

Several species of vector mosquitoes (e.g., Culex pipiens (Linnaeus, 1758), Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1895)) complete juvenile development in artificial containers. Rain barrels are green infrastructure tools used to conserve rainwater for outdoor use, though they may also serve as a source of mosquito habitat in residential neighborhoods. To identify rain barrel features, maintenance habits, and other conditions associated with the presence of juvenile mosquitoes (i.e., month), we conducted periodic inspections of rain barrels at 53 households in central Illinois, USA, between June and September 2016. Additionally, we administered a questionnaire to the household study participants. In the first month of the study, a diversity of mosquito species was detected in household rain barrels, but for July-September, juveniles of Ae. albopictus were predominant. More than half of the inspected households contained at least one mosquito-positive rain barrel within the study period. Using stepwis..., , , # Data from: Evaluating vector mosquito occurrence in residential rain barrels in central Illinois

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n2z34tn77](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n2z34tn77)

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**R.E. Cloud, A.J. Mackay, M.C. Sanchez, C.E. Wangen, B.F. Allan.** Evaluating vector mosquito occurrence in residential rain barrels in central Illinois *Journal of Medical Entomology*

**Cloud_etal_2025_data_code_files.zip**

This zip directory contains the data files and R codes required to reproduce analyses in the associated paper evaluating rain barrel features associated with vector mosquito occurrence in residential Champaign Urbana.

**Authors**

Rebecca E. Cloud
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
School of Integrative Biology
505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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Andrew J. Mackay
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Prairie Research Institute, Illinois Natural History Survey
1902 Gri..., While some survey participants’ responses to questions regarding their management of rain barrels have been included verbatim in the submitted dataset “Cloud_etal_2025_resident_survey.csv”, all direct identifiers of study participants have been removed from our submitted datasets.