Table 2.
Numbers and % of colony and wild Anopheles arabiensis recaptured and mated during mating competitiveness experiments conducted in a semi-field system.
| Replicate | Recapture rate of mosquitoes | Insemination rate of ♀ by | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♀wild | ♂wild | ♂colony | colony ♂ | wild ♂ | ||
| 1 | 70.0 | 78.0 | 80.4 | 42.2 | 55.8 | 56.6 |
| (175/250)* | (195/250) | (201/250) | (19/43) ** | (24/43) | (43/76)) *** | |
| 2 | 66.4 | 84.8 | 79.6 | 40.0 | 60.0 | 66.2 |
| (166/250) | 212/250) | (199/250) | (18/45) | (27/45) | (45/68) | |
| 3 | 72.8 | 74.0 | 70.0 | 51.3 | 48.7 | 44.6 |
| (182/250) | (185/250) | (175/250) | (19/37) | (18/37) | (37/83) | |
| Total | 69 | 78.9 | 76.7 | 48.8 | 51.2 | 55.1 |
| 523/750 | (592/250) | (575/750) | (56/125) | (69/125) | (125/227) | |
| P value | 0.09 | |||||
* % (recaptured / released)
** % (♀ inseminated by each male type / total ♀ inseminated)
*** % (Total ♀ inseminated / total ♀ dissected)