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Table 3 Hatch rate according to the duration of storage (mean ± SD) for Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti eggs stored submerged in deionized water

From: Standard operating procedures for standardized mass rearing of the dengue and chikungunya vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) - II - Egg storage and hatching

 

Aedes aegypti

Aedes albopictus

Storage duration

Storage HR in %

Final HR in %

Storage HR in %

Final HR in %

1 month

5.5 ± 0.6

95.6 ± 0.2

0.1 ± 0.2

91.3 ± 1.8

2 month

10.9 ± 1.3

95.5 ± 1.7

0.3 ± 0.3

90.0 ± 1.9

3 month

8.8 ± 2.3

95.2 ± 0.6

1.0 ± 1.0

91.6 ± 3.1

4 month

10.8 ± 1.8

84.9 ± 3.44

7.6 ± 4.5

87.7 ± 0.6

5 month

11.22 ± 1.3

84.2 ± 0.1

7.9 ± 6.9

84.9 ± 9.8

R and P

0.64/**

−0.82 /***

0.69/**

−0.46 /*

  1. Storage HR indicates the hatch rate of the eggs during the storage in water. Final HR also includes the hatch rate of the eggs at the end of the period of water storage, after immersion in a bacterial broth solution. R indicates the Pearson correlation coefficient between hatch rate and storage duration, and P the significance of the correlation (*P<0.05, **P<0.001 and ***P<0.0001)