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Accumulated rainfall over long periods showed strong positive effects on larval abundance, but high intensity rainfall was associated with low larval abundance in short timeframes. Temperature and precipitation were both strong predictors of larval abundance in summer of 2003, which was the wettest and hottest period over the study period. Classification tree analysis was used to find ranges of temperature and precipitation thresholds that classify larval abundance into Low, Medium or High abundance categories. Geospatial analysis of rainfall accumulation was used to determine the meteorological processes associated with the rainfall to investigate their impact upon larval populations. 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