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Table 1 Average fructose content and percentage of sugar-fed female and male Aedes albopictus by habitat type, time of day and flower presence

From: Sugar prevalence in Aedes albopictus differs by habitat, sex and time of day on Masig Island, Torres Strait, Australia

 

Sugar-fed females

Sugar-fed males

n (%)

Fructose content (± SEM) (µg)

Total

n (%)

Fructose content (± SEM) (µg)

Total

Habitat type

 Woodland

150 (25.8)

22.8 (± 2.0)

582

233 (36.8)

13.9 (± 1.1)

633

 Residential

148 (31.7)

23.6 (± 2.6)

467

39 (31.0)

12.6 (± 2.0)

126

Time of day

 Morning

165 (35.3)

23.7 (± 2.1)

467

191 (52.0)

14.9 (± 1.2)

367

 Afternoon

133 (22.9)

22.5 (± 2.5)

582

81 (20.7)

10.7 (± 1.9)

392

Flower presence

 Present

189 (28.3)

22.3 (± 2.1)

668

135 (35.2)

12.7 (± 1.3)

384

 Absent

109 (28.6)

24.7 (± 2.5)

381

137 (36.5)

14.6 (± 1.5)

375

  1. Statistical tests of these differences are shown in Tables 2 and 3