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Table 3 Comparison of mean wingsize (Measurements in micrometers) for each anopheline species collected by the four sampling methods used in the preliminary investigations at Lwanda Nyamasari village.

From: Trapping mosquitoes using milk products as odour baits in western Kenya

 

Anopheles arabiensis

Anopheles funestus

Anopheles gambiae.

Trap

Mean Wingsize/trap

± SD

Mean Wingsize/trap

± SD

Mean Wingsize/trap

± SD

CDC

2.0(59)b

0.34

2.1(89)a

0.28

2.0(40)a

0.26

CFG

2.0(10)b

0.23

2.1(44)a

0.51

2.4(16)b

0.46

ENTRY

2.3(3)ab

0.46

0

0

2.1(2)ab

0.85

MLC

2.4(43)a

0.36

2.0(57)a

0.35

2.3(52)b

0.36

  1. Sum of mosquitoes is in parenthesis.
  2. CDC, standard centers for disease control light trap; CFG, counterflow geometry trap baited with Limburger cheese; ET, entry trap; MLC, man landing catches.
  3. Values following each other in the same column with different letter superscripts are significantly different at (P = 0.05).
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