Establishment of a medium-scale mosquito facility: tests on mass production cages for Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Table 2 Insemination rate, egg production, female fecundity and egg hatch rate from varied sex ratios of Aedes albopictus adults in small cages

Sex ratio (female: male)	Insemination rate (%)	Egg production per cage (10⁴)	Female fecundity	Egg hatch rate (%)
1:1 (2000: 2000)	98.7 ± 0.8^a	10.3 ± 0.4^a	51.7 ± 2.0^a	87.5 ± 0.7^a
2:1 (2667: 1333)	97.3 ± 1.2^a	12.8 ± 0.2^b	48.1 ± 0.7^a	88.0 ± 1.2^a
3:1 (3000: 1000)	96.7 ± 1.1^a	14.2 ± 0.3^c	47.5 ± 1.1^a	87.8 ± 0.7^a

Within each column, values followed by different superscript letters were statistically different in the same treatment cage using ANOVA analysis and Tukey post-hoc test (P < 0.05)

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