Aquatain® causes anti-oviposition, egg retention and oocyte melanization and triggers female death in Aedes aegypti

Table 1 Comparative oviposition responses of Aedes aegypti females to Aquatain® Mosquito Formulation-treated water at different levels of competition with water

Oviposition arena^a	Initial number of females	Number of eggs				Total number of eggs deposited
Oviposition arena^a	Initial number of females	Cage 1	Cage 2	Cage 3	Cage 4	Total number of eggs deposited
a. [WA1, WA2, W3, W4]	48	509	465	577	533	2084
b. [AQ1, AQ2, WA1, WA2]	48	327	310	304	244	1185
c. [AQ1, AQ2, AQ3, WA1]	48	284	116	287	96	783
d. [AQ1, AQ2, AQ3, AQ4]	48	102	169	138	131	540

^aa: Water-based no-choice setting; b: equal-choice setting; c: more options in Aquatain® Mosquito Formulation-treated containers; d: Aquatain®-based no-choice trial

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