Integrated control of Aedes albopictus in Southwest Germany supported by the Sterile Insect Technique

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Overview of the sterile male Asian tiger mosquitoes released in Ludwigshafen (Melm) and Freiburg (Metzgergrün) in 2020

Batch no.	Speyer: no. of males	No. of males per container	Corrected no. of males	CAA: percentage of irradiated females (%)	Control (IfD): percentage of irradiated females	Freiburg: no. of males	Time of release (in 2020)	Mortality rate after shipment (%)
1	12,000	–	11,628	1.65	–	–	29 May	n.a
2	22,000	–	21,318	1.6	–	–	09 June	n.a
3	19,000	875	18,411	2.45	2.31	–	17 June	n.a
4	17,000	1070	16,473	1.75	2.42	–	30 June	n.a
5	13,000	865	12,597	1.54	1.15	–	07 July	1,4
6	19,000	968	18,411	0.22	1.5	5000	15 July	8
7	12,000	943	11,628	0.35	0.1	5000	21 July	4.3
8	24,000	893	23,256	1.53	1.34	5000	28 July	30
9	20,000	930	19,380	0.7	0.86	8000	04 August	10
10	29,000	1050	28,101	0.62	0.99	8000	11 August	n.a
11	21,000	968	20,349	1.34	1.34	8000	18 August	0.5
12	16,000	933	15,504	0.78	1.18	12,000	25 August	0.5
13	9,000	969	8,721	1.64	1.32	7000	01 September	5
14	17,000	1173	16,473	0.74	0.34	12,000	08 September	n.a
15	18,000	1065	17,442	0.55	0.47	17,000	15 September	n.a
16	14,000	980	13,566	0.37	0.81	18,000	22 September	n.a
17	17,000	875	16,473	0.72	1.71	12,000	29 September	n.a
18	21,000	944	20,349	1.82	1.34	19,000	07 October	n.a
Total	320,000	mean± SD: 969 ± 84	310,080	mean ± SD: 1.13 ± 0.64%	mean ± SD: 1.19 ± 0.63%	136,000		8.5 ± 10%

CAA, Centro Agricoltura Ambiente “G. Nicoli”, Crevalcore, Italy; IfD, Institute of Dipterology, Speyer, Germany; n.a., information not available; SD, standard deviation
Data in table also include the number of irradiated females determined by the IfD (Control), the number of females per batch according to CAA and IfD and the mortality rate of irradiated males after shipment

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