Fitness cost in field and laboratory Aedes aegypti populations associated with resistance to the insecticide temephos

Table 3 Larvae and adult densities and cumulative mortality during 18 days of development for different Aedes aegypti groups with different patterns of susceptibility to temephos

Aedes aegypti groups	Mean L₃ ^a ± SD Mean L₄ ^b ± SD ^c		Mean number of Adults ± SD	Mean Mortality ± SD
Aedes aegypti groups	5^th day		15^th day	5^th to 18^th day
RecRev	33.7 ± 8.0	180.6 ± 15.6	167.8 ± 22.3	7.4 ± 3.4
RecRNEx	63.2 ± 7.5	134.4 ± 6.6	120.4 ± 10.4	16.5 ± 5.1
RecR	74.3 ± 19.2	116.0 ± 15.4	92.8 ± 14.6	26.6 ± 6.3
Arcoverde	78.5 ± 23.0	115.1 ± 34.4	53.8 ± 28.9	18.4 ± 10.0

The mean represents the amount of larvae, pupae, and adults of nine replicates (with 200 initial larvae)
^a L₃ = 3^rd instar larvae
^bL₄ = 4^th instar larvae
^cSD = standard deviation

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