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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens collected by Sticky trap and Catch Basin Trap

From: New adhesive traps to monitor urban mosquitoes with a case study to assess the efficacy of insecticide control strategies in temperate areas

  

Aedes albopictus

Culex pipens

Aedes albopictus/Culex pipiens ratio

Site

Traps (N/area)

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Treated

ST (36)

4.5 (±0.2)

2.4 (±0.1)

1.6 (±0.1)

0.9 (±0.1)

2.7

2.6

CBT (36)

1.8 (±0.1)

1.1 (±0.1)

1.2 (±0.1)

0.7 (±0.1)

1.5

1.6

Untreated

ST (10)

10.9 (±0.9)

6.1 (±0.5)

2.3 (±0.2)

1.1 (±0.1)

4.7

5.3

CBT (10)

4.3 (±0.5)

3.0 (±0.5)

3.7 (±0.3)

2.1 (±0.2)

1.2

1.4

  1. Mean counts/trap (±standard error) collected by 36 Sticky Traps (ST) and 36 Catch Basin Traps (CBT) in the treated area and in 10 STs and 10 CBTs in the untreated one during the overall 10-week sampling in 2012.