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Avian Host-Selection by Culex pipiens in Experimental Trials 1 1 1 2 Jennifer E. Simpson , Corrine M. Folsom-O’Keefe , James E. Childs , Leah E. Simons , Theodore G. 3 1 Andreadis , Maria A. Diuk-Wasser * 1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, 2 Department of Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, 3 The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America Abstract Evidence from field studies suggests that Culex pipiens, the primary mosquito vector of West Nile virus (WNV) in the northeastern and north central United States, feeds preferentially on American robins (Turdus migratorius). To determine the contribution of innate preferences to observed preference patterns in the field, we conducted host preference trials with a known number of adult female C. pipiens in outdoor cages comparing the relative attractiveness of American robins with two common sympatric bird species, European starling, Sternus vulgaris and house sparrow, Passer domesticus. Host seeking C. pipiens were three times more likely to enter robin-baited traps when with the alternate host was a European starling (n = 4 trials; OR = 3.06; CI [1.42–6.46]) and almost twice more likely when the alternative was a house sparrow (n = 8 trials; OR = 1.80; CI = [1.22–2.90]). There was no difference in the probability of trap entry when two robins were offered (n = 8 trials). Logistic regression analysis determined that the age, sex and weight of the birds, the date of the trial, starting-time, temperature, humidity, wind-speed and age of the mosquitoes had no effect