Experiment | Two-choice oviposition preference assay | Trials (replicates, n ) | Blood-fed females (n) | Gravid females, n (%) | Ovipositing females, n (%) | P-value |
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1 | DI vs DI | 2 (6) | 12 | 10 (83.3) | 4 (40.0) | 0.3500 |
2 | DI vs habitat mud | 3 (6–8) | 21 | 18 (85.7) | 18 (100.0) | 0.0780a |
3 | Habitat mud + cattle manure vs habitat mud | 2 (6) | 12 | 5 (41.7) | 4 (80.0) | 0.4200 |
4 | Habitat mud vs non-habitat mud | 2 (5–6) | 11 | 8 (72.7) | 8 (100.0) | 0.3400 |
 | Total females, n |  | 56 | 41 | 34 |  |