Locomotor activity in males of Aedes aegypti can shift in response to females’ presence

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Statistical comparisons of locomotor-activity parameters of the ablation experiment: TALD (total activity in LD), TADD (total activity in DD), TA (total activity), and PROPDD (proportion of activity in DD). ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test used to compare parameters among treatments. Results of pairwise comparisons for each parameter are shown as superscript letters; in each column the different letters represent significant difference among treatments

Treatment	n	TALD	TADD	TA	PROPDD
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD)	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
M_abl_ant	40	45.77 ± 17.56^a	102.48 ± 55.95^a	148.26 ± 62.42^a	0.66 ± 0.13^a
M_abl_ant_F	40	40.45 ± 15.49^a	97.77 ± 58.59^a	138.21 ± 65.71^a	0.67 ± 0.15^a
M w/ F_abl_wng	40	87.51 ± 27.21^b	200.28 ± 73.02^b	287.79 ± 83.65^b	0.68 ± 0.11^a
M w/ F	40	101.39 ± 28.24^b	228.33 ± 75.90^b	329.72 ± 86.10^b	0.68 ± 0.08^a
ANOVA F (P)		76.61 (< 0.0001)	40.6 (< 0.0001)	66.77 (< 0.0001)	0.186 (0.906)

Abbreviations: M_abl_ant males with ablated antennae, M_abl_ant_F males with ablated antennae with females, M w/ F_abl_wng males with females with ablated wings, M w/ F males with females

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