Table 1 Oviposition preferences in multiple-choice assays. Random-intercept negative-binomial regression table of the effect of different oviposition substrates on the cumulative number of eggs oviposited per filter paper disc in 6-choice oviposition assays. Table also presents means (±SE) of egg numbers oviposited per filter paper disc for each substrate type. Test materials included larval rearing media of different types and stages including: fresh rabbit feces (RF), fresh larval food (LF), rearing medium containing frass of 2^nd-3^rd instar larvae (2^nd/3^rd), rearing medium containing frass of 4^th instar larvae and pupae (4^th/pupa), frass of rearing cups from which all larvae had eclosed (expired) and a negative (water) control. Rearing media of 2^nd/3^rd and 4^th/pupa (bolded) induced highest oviposition response

Control

25.91 (4.69)

0.67

0.501

RF

49.86 (12.42)

2.68

0.007

LF

63.43 (12.45)

3.96

<0.0001

2 ^nd /3 ^rd

95.73 (18.13)

6.19

<0.0001

4 ^th /pupae

72.51 (12.91)

5.51

<0.0001

Expired

48.08 (7.20)

3.58

<0.0001

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