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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

Figure 5

Evidence for oviposition stimulant(s) and deterrent(s) in extracts from 4th-stage Cx. quinquefasciatus. Aqueous larval extract was partitioned with hexane, and subsequently the 2 phases were tested for oviposition preference, ie, (A) aqueous phase and (B) hexane phase. To avoid emulsion formation, hexane extract was dried, and the solvent replaced with DMSO. An equal amount of DMSO was added to the control cup. N = 4 for each treatment. 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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