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A generalized additive model (GAM) was applied to evaluate nonlinear responses of mosquito density to meteorological factors. Using an 80:20 split grouped by collection date, we compared GAM, random forest (RF), and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) performance and characterized temperature\u2013sunshine joint responses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Mosquito density showed a unimodal seasonal pattern from 2023 to 2025, peaking in June or July. Higher densities were observed in peripheral areas (e.g., Chongzhou, Dujiangyan, and Qionglai), whereas central urban areas showed lower densities.\n                      <jats:italic>Culex tritaeniorhynchus<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Culex pipiens pallens<\/jats:italic>\n                      were the two dominant. Mosquito density was significantly higher in rural than urban habitats (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a00.001), and mosquito community structure differed significantly between urban and rural habitats (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.001). GAM revealed significant nonlinear associations of mean daily temperature and cumulative sunshine duration over lag days 1\u20137 with mosquito density (both\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a00.001). Mosquito density increased significantly between 15.59 and 22.44\u00a0\u00b0C and reached an estimated peak at 25.02\u00a0\u00b0C. Model comparisons showed that RF achieved the highest predictive performance, followed by XGBoost.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Mosquito density in Chengdu exhibits significant spatiotemporal heterogeneity, with temperature and sunshine duration identified as key meteorological factors. Machine learning models showed superior predictive performance over GAM. 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