Table 1.

LT₅₀ ± SE values for adult An. gambiae s.s. and Cx. quinquefasciatus exposed to dry conidia of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae for variable periods of time.

Species	Exposure time	Sex	LT50 ± SE1		p-value2
			Control	Treated
An. gambiae s.s.	continuous	female	11.00 ± 0.58	5.08 ± 1.61	0.030
	continuous	male	7.65 ± 1.60	3.75 ± 0.29	0.042
	48 hrs	female	10.31 ± 1.30	3.80 ± 0.25	0.076
	48 hrs	male	11.66 ± 4.28	3.15 ± 0.37	0.125
	24 hrs	female	8.87 ± 1.32	3.39 ± 0.28	0.010
	24 hrs	male	11.68 ± 1.16	3.29 ± 0.59	0.048
Cx. quinquefasciatus	continuous	female	13.33 ± 2.91	3.88 ± 0.19	0.010
	continuous	male	18.00 ± 1.00	3.24 ± 0.23	0.010

¹ standard error; ² paired t-test