Longevity of mass-reared, irradiated and packed male Anopheles arabiensis and Aedes aegypti under simulated environmental field conditions

Table 2 Mean (± SE) longevity (days) of Anopheles arabiensis and Aedes aegypti males exposed to different environmental treatments For each treatment, n = 3 replicates, 50 mosquitoes/replicate

Species	Treatment 1 (morning)^a	Treatment 2 (evening)^b	Control 1 (field conditions)^c	Control 2 (lab conditions)^d
An. arabiensis	4.62 ± 0.20	7.34 ± 0.35	8.33 ± 0.42	19.09 ± 1.07
Ae. aegypti	9.07 ± 0.54	7.76 ± 0.50	21.28 ± 0.56	39.94 ± 0.98

^aTreatment 1: mass-rearing + irradiation + packing + field conditions + introduced in the climate chamber at 6:00 h
^bTreatment 2: mass-rearing + irradiation + packing + field conditions + introduced inside the climatic chamber at 18:00 h
^cControl 1: mass-rearing + field conditions + introduced inside the climatic chamber at 6:00 h
^dControl 2: mass-rearing + laboratory conditions + introduced at the lab at 6:00 h

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