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Table 4 The mean and standard error for total number of specimens, C. debilipalpis, and C. stellifer specimens captured during 2-h time intervals over 15 trap-nights using a rotator trap at the Bob R. Jones Idlewild Research Station near Clinton, LA

From: Comparison of trapping methods for use in surveys for potential Culicoides vectors of orbiviruses

Time interval

Total specimensa

C. debilipalpisb

C. stelliferc

Mean ± SEd

Mean ± SE

Mean ± SE

18:00–20:00

2.80 ± 0.77A

2.13 ± 0.81A

0.66 ± 0.19A

20:00–22:00

3.53 ± 0.89A

1.27 ± 0.46A

1.83 ± 0.54A

22:00–24:00

4.53 ± 2.21A

2.27 ± 1.11A

2.13 ± 0.91A

00:00–02:00

5.93 ± 2.31AB

3.53 ± 1.69A

1.53 ± 0.82A

02:00–04:00

5.06 ± 1.96AB

1.53 ± 0.58A

0.33 ± 0.19A

04:00–06:00

6.06 ± 2.59AB

1.80 ± 0.93A

0.00 ± 0.00A

06:00–08:00

18.83 ± 7.32B

21.66 ± 3.77B

1.13 ± 0.51A

  1. aTotal specimens from nine Culicoides species, df = 104, F = 2.77, P = 0.02
  2. bdf = 104, F = 18.94, P = 0.0001
  3. cdf = 104, F = 2.06, P = 0.06
  4. dSE standard error. After testing by one-way single-factor ANOVA and Tukey’s separation of means, values across columns followed by the same letter were not significantly different (P > 0.05)