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Table 1 Weight (mean ± SE) of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus egg batches

From: Standard operating procedures for standardized mass rearing of the dengue and chikungunya vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) - I - egg quantification

Number of eggs

Weight of eggs (mg)

t

P

Ae. aegypti (N)

Ae. albopictus (N)

1,000

8.9 ± 0.04 (27)

7.7 ± 0.08 (44)

11.37

***

3,000

25.9 ± 0.5 (15)

22.1 ± 0.26 (17)

7.04

***

6,000

51.4 ± 1.04 (7)

44.5 ± 0.39 (7)

6.17

***

12,000

101.8 ± 3.82 (3)

89.3 ± 0.45 (3)

3.25

**

15,000

132.3 ± 2.42 (3)

111.4 ± 0.86 (3)

8.15

**

18,000

159.8 ± 1.93 (3)

131.5 ± 1.13 (3)

12.67

***

21,000

184.6 ± 2.41 (3)

146.3 ± 2.47 (3)

11.1

***

27,000

233.9 ± 2.97 (3)

187.3 ± 2.43 (3)

12.15

***

  1. “N” is the number of replicates; “***” and “**” represent P < 0.001 and 0.001 < P < 0.05, respectively.