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Table 3 The observed number (mean ± SE) of eggs counted from the weight of expected number of eggs for Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus

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

  

Ae.albopictus

Ae.aegypti

Number of eggs expected

 

Number of eggs observed

t

P

Number of eggs observed

t

 

3,000

N = 7

3,081 ± 117

1.84

0.12

2,980 ± 134

−0.40

0.71

18,000

N = 3

18,458 ± 623

1.27

0.33

17,780 ± 492

−0.77

0.52

  1. “N” is the number of replicates.