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. 2011 Nov 22;5(11):e1369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001369

Table 2. Characteristics of Aedes oviposition in field ovitraps.

1st week 2nd week 3rd week 4th week 5th week 6th week Percent of Total
Salinity (ppt) Ae. aegypti Ae. albopictus Ae. aegypti Ae. albopictus Ae. aegypti Ae. albopictus Ae. aegypti Ae. albopictus Ae. aegypti Ae. albopictus Ae. aegypti Ae. albopictus Ae. aegypti Ae. albopictus
0 0 26 40 34 14 22 0 26 28 15 23 17 18.1 33.7
2 0 0 16 0 0 0 22 0 18 0 35 30 15.7 7.2
4 12 54 30 0 0 4 0 12 15 0 22 0 13.6 16.9
6 0 0 20 0 0 20 10 0 16 0 6 17 9.0 8.9
8 5 0 0 0 13 0 34 9 0 0 28 0 13.8 2.2
10 0 0 19 5 18 0 24 0 0 34 4 18 11.2 13.7
12 0 0 6 0 7 5 23 0 0 0 15 4 8.8 2.2
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 0 13 12 11 3.5 8.7
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 18 8 0 3.1 6.5
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 3.1 0
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

The table shows the numbers and the percentage of the total numbers of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus larvae collected from ovitraps of varying salinities over a six week period.