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Table 1 Results of the analyses of covariance for the swimming behavior of larvae and pupae of the yellow fever mosquito A. aegypti after 24 h and 96 h of insecticide exposure

From: Survival and swimming behavior of insecticide-exposed larvae and pupae of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

Developmental stage

Sources of variation

Swimming distance (cm)

Resting time (s)

Time spent in slow swimming (s)

F

p

F

p

F

p

4th instar larvae

Model

7.62

< 0.001

5.32

< 0.001

18.01

< 0.001

 

Insecticide (I)

6.93

< 0.001

6.82

< 0.001

11.97

< 0.001

 

Concentration (C)

4.55

< 0.001

3.29

< 0.001

15.96

< 0.001

 

Interaction I x C

5.04

0.025

21.03

< 0.001

4.49

0.035

Pupae

Model

4.90

< 0.001

5.43

< 0.001

3.57

< 0.001

 

Insecticide (I)

0.66

0.58

2.33

0.074

0.67

0.569

 

Concentration (C)

5.85

< 0.001

4.34

< 0.001

3.75

< 0.001

 

Interaction I x C

2.60

0.11

11.78

< 0.001

6.19

0.013