Table 1 Description of the treatments used in the six experiments
Terms | Description |
|---|---|
Pond | An artificial pond treated with 2.5% detergent (Teepol, Chemical Industries LTD, Nairobi) |
Open pond | A pond that was not surrounded by any additional devices |
Square of e-nets | Four e-nets joined to form a complete square around a pond including yellow collection boards placed under the nets. The nets were electrified by a 12 V battery (power source). |
Tower of nets (8 mm) | Square of e-nets not connected to a power source and excluding the yellow collection boards. Inter-wire distance 8 mm. |
Tower of nets (24 mm) | Square of e-nets not connected to a power source and excluding the yellow collection boards. Inter-wire distance of nets were increased from original 8 mm to 24 mm by removing every two consecutive wires. |
Tower of nets (24 mm) & sticky yellow boards | Square of e-nets with inter-wire distance of 24 mm, not connected to a power source including sticky yellow collection boards. |
Yellow boards | Four non-sticky yellow boards surrounding an artificial pond. |