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Table 2 Volume (mean ± SE) of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus eggs measured from different quantities of counted eggs

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

Volume of eggs (μL)

t

P

Ae. aegypti (N)

Ae.albopictus (N)

1,000

18.8 ± 0.29 (17)

16.5 ± 0.36 (17)

4.83

***

3,000

50.7 ± 0.63 (15)

45.2 ± 0.72 (12)

5.74

***

6,000

99.4 ± 1.24 (9)

82.5 ± 1.08 (8)

10.15

***

12,000

187.2 ± 2.17 (6)

159.0 ± 1.61 (5)

10.02

***

15,000

231.8 ± 2.53 (5)

196.3 ± 1.97 (5)

11.08

***

18,000

277.4 ± 2.96 (5)

230.3 ± 3.22 (5)

10.75

***

21,000

323.9 ± 3.95 (5)

259.4 ± 6.39 (5)

8.59

***

27,000

422.0 ± 6.34 (5)

336.6 ± 4.96 (5)

10.61

***

  1. “N” is the number of replicates; “***” represents P < 0.001.