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Table 1 Comparison of synanthropic flies, Musca domestica and Musca sorbens, collected from baited pot traps

From: Comparing trap designs and methods for assessing density of synanthropic flies in Odisha, India

 

n

Synanthropic flies

(Median, IQR)

Difference (IRR)

95% CI

P-value

Control: non-baited pot trap

428

7.0 (0.0–24.0)

Ref.

  

Sucrose solution

470

6.5 (1.0–27.0)

1.10

0.45–2.69

0.838

Dry sucrose

304

5.0 (0.5–14.5)

0.71

0.29–1.74

0.455

Tomato

276

5.0 (1.5–17.5)

0.64

0.26–1.58

0.338

M. domestica

 Control: non-baited pot trap

320

3.5 (0.0–18.5)

Ref.

  

 Sucrose solution

235

4.5 (0.5–12.5)

0.73

0.29–1.88

0.519

 Dry sucrose

214

3.0 (0.0–9.0)

0.67

0.26–1.71

0.401

 Tomato

115

2.0 (0.5–8.5)

0.36

0.14–0.93

0.034

M. sorbens

 Control: non-baited pot trap

108

0.5 (0.0–5.5)

Ref.

  

 Sucrose solution

235

2.0 (0.0–14.0)

2.18

0.77–6.15

0.143

 Dry sucrose

90

1.0 (0.0–5.5)

0.83

0.29–2.39

0.734

 Tomato

161

1.5 (0.5–4.5)

1.49

0.53–4.23

0.453

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, IQR interquartile range, Ref. reference