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From: Conspecific and allospecific larval extracts entice mosquitoes to lay eggs and may be used in attract-and-kill control strategy

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Oviposition preference by Ae. albopictus, Ae. aegypti, and Cx. quinquefasciatus to aqueous extracts from Ae. albopictus larvae or pupae compared with water. Mean (±SEM) number of eggs laid by (A) Ae. albopictus and (B) Ae. aegypti, and egg rafts laid by (C) Cx. quinquefasciatus in cups loaded with Ae. albopictus 4th-stage larval extracts and control cups (water only). (D–F) Oviposition preference by the same three species in dual choices assays comparing Ae. albopictus pupal extracts and water only. N = 10 for each treatment. For clarity, data are presented in percentage of oviposition preference, with mean number of eggs or egg rafts presented along with each bar. After arcsine transformation and passing the Shapiro-Wilk normality test, each dataset was compared by using the 2-tailed, paired t test.

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