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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 Cx. quinquefasciatus, Ae. aegypti, and Ae. albopictus to aqueous extracts from Cx. quinquefasciatus larvae or pupae compared with water. Mean (±SEM) number of egg rafts laid by (A) Cx. quinquefasciatus, and eggs laid by (B) Ae. aegypti and (C) Ae. albopictus in cups loaded with Cx. quinquefasciatus 4th-stage larval extracts and control cups (water only). (D–F) Oviposition preference by the same 3 species in dual choices assays comparing Cx. quinquefasciatus pupal extracts and water only. N = 10 for each treatment. For clarity, data are presented in percentage of oviposition preference, with the 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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