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Table 3 Mean (± SE) numbers of eggs laid by different types of Ae. albopictus females in experiments 1, 4, and 5

From: Coffee and its waste repel gravid Aedes albopictus females and inhibit the development of their embryos

Medium in oviposition cup

Female type

F1NC0

F1NC1

F4NC1

HCE

32.00 ± 12.12

162.75 ± 42.72

26.50 ± 15.66

MCE

65.25 ± 31.12

264.75 ± 47.95

39.50 ± 16.52

WAa

346.25 ± 65.29

253.75 ± 66.27

222.50 ± 42.10

WAb

383.00 ± 70. 86

422.25 ± 81.22

247.50 ± 57.31

  1. F1NC0: females that had no contact with coffee extract during the larval stage; F1NC1: females derived from larvae that survived a 3-hour exposure to HCE during the early stage of development and completed development in LCE medium; F4NC1: females derived from larvae as their F2 and F3 larval parents that survived 3-hour exposure to HCE during the early stage of development and achieved development in LCE medium.
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Parasites & Vectors

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