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.