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Table 4 The observed number (mean ± SE) of eggs counted from the volume of expected numbers 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

3,172.7 ± 76.9

5.94

<0.005

3,173 ± 233

1.98

0.10

18,000

N = 3

17,452 ± 318

−2.99

0.10

18,164 ± 1180

0.24

0.83

  1. “N” is the number of replicates.