Fig. 2

Egg viability was calculated as the percentage of hatched eggs of a random group for each blood meal condition. A total of 150 random eggs per blood condition was used in each experiment. Three independent experiments were performed for each type of blood meal (i.e., a total of 450 eggs per condition). Bars represent the SD. Different letters indicate significant difference according to one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test (F = 13.65; P < 0.0001)