Fig. 2

Mosquito preference index over different illumination intensities. a–c Binary photopreference. a Photopreference between 0 lux and 15 lux (n = 200 females per species). b Photopreference between 15 lux and 150 lux (n = 200 females per species) and c photopreference between 150 lux and 1500 lux (n = 200 females per species). d, e Trinary photopreference. d Photopreference over 0 lux, 15 lux and 150 lux (n = 150 females per species) and e photopreference over 15 lux, 150 lux, and 1500 lux (n = 150 females per species). f Quaternary photopreference. Histogram showing mosquito photopreference over 0 lux, 15 lux, 150 lux, and 1500 lux (n = 200 females per species). a–c Dots represent PI of individual repeats, which includes over three biological repeats, with two technical replicates for each biological repeat. Photobehavior were analyzed using one sample t test or Wilcoxon signed-rank test for tests against chance. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001. a–f Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Total number of mosquitoes used are indicated