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Table 3 Mean numbers and standard deviation (SD) of field-collected Culicoides imicola females to emerge over a period of 60 minutes from holding boxes kept at 17 °C at various humidity levels

From: The influence of temperature and humidity on the flight activity of Culicoides imicola both under laboratory and field conditions

Mean T (SD)

Set RH

Mean RH (SD)

No. of replicates (no of individuals)a

Total no. emerged (%)

Mean (SD)

17.3 (0.74)

not set

49.7 (1.93)

9 (4500)

1258 (28.0)

139.8 (40.03)

16.5 (0.45)

40

46.4 (2.1)

8 (4000)

1430 (35.8)

178.8 (44.62)

16.9 (0.83)

60

57.5 (5.04)

8 (4000)

1081 (27.0)

135.1 (44.64)

17.7 (0.37)

80

84.9 (2.12)

8 (4000)

1381 (34.5)

172.6 (30.09)

  1. Abbreviations: RH relative humidity, T temperature
  2. aEach replicate consists of 500 individuals