Cardiocladius oliffi (Diptera: Chironomidae) as a potential biological control agent against Simulium squamosum (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Table 1 Numbers and proportions of pupae and adults obtained for the different experimental groups.

Experimental group (C. oliffi:S. squamosum)	Number of larvae introduced in the rearing systems		Number of S. squamosum pupae (% of larvae)	Adults S. squamosum emerged
	C. oliffi*	S. squamosum		Total number (Mean + SD)	% of larvae	% of Pupae
Control (0:25)	0	150	96 (64)	81 (14 ± 3.94)^a	54.00	84.38
Treatment ii (1: 5)	30	150	55 (36.6)	22 (4 ± 2.94)^b	14.67	40.00
Treatment iii (1: 2)	78	150	42 (28.0)	15 (3 ± 2.16)^b	10.00	35.71
Treatment iv (1: 1)	150	150	28 (18.6)	1 (0.20 ± 0.48)^b	0.67	3.57
Treatment v (25: 0)	100	0	-	-
Total	358	600

Values followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).
*There was no significant difference between the proportion of adult C. oliffi that emerged from the control and the proportion of adult of the same species emerging from the various treatments

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