About the Authors

Kok-Boon Neoh

Current address: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Affiliation Urban Entomology Laboratory, Vector Control Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Beng-Keok Yeap

Current address: Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Urban Entomology Laboratory, Vector Control Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Kunio Tsunoda

Affiliation Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

Tsuyoshi Yoshimura

Affiliation Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

Chow-Yang Lee

chowyang@usm.my

Affiliations Urban Entomology Laboratory, Vector Control Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Funds received from Bayer Environmental Science as a gift. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KBN BKY KT. Performed the experiments: KBN BKY. Analyzed the data: KBN BKY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT TY CYL. Wrote the paper: KBN KT TY CYL.