Aedes albopictus life table: environment, food, and age dependence survivorship and reproduction in a tropical area

Table 1 Mean water temperature and light intensity during the larval experiments

Development condition	Study site	Temperature (°C) (mean ± SE)^†	Light intensity (lux) (mean ± SE)^†
Tap water + food
	Shaded	27.2 ± 0.1 a	56.3 ± 5.7 a
	Half-shaded	27.4 ± 0.1 a	117.8 ± 19.0 b
	Indoor	29.3 ± 0.1 b	13.6 ± 2.0 c
Habitat water
	Shaded	28.0 ± 0.1 a	80.2 ± 8.7 a
	Half-shaded	27.9 ± 0.1 a	154.9 ± 13.0 b
	Indoor	29.6 ± 0.1 b	12.8 ± 0.6 c
Habitat water + food
	Shaded	20.8 ± 0.6 a	35.8 ± 5.1 a
	Half-shaded	20.6 ± 0.6 a	320.0 ± 37.7 b
	Indoor	22.8 ± 0.5 b	7.8 ± 2.0 a

^†Tukey HSD comparison of temperature and light intensity among the three settings for the same treatment. Numbers connected with different (same) letters indicate significant (non-significant) differences among the three settings

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