Table 2.
Comparisons of the mean times (minutes) of swarming activity in relation to sunset
| |
An. coluzzi |
An. gambiae s.s. |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | se | mean | se | t-test | df | p | |
|
Offset between swarm start and sunset |
6.76 |
0.26 |
3.41 |
0.26 |
9.2515 |
979.98 |
<0.0001 |
|
Offset between swarm end and sunset |
29.85 |
0.29 |
25.34 |
0.29 |
11.0077 |
752.92 |
<0.0001 |
| Swarm duration | 21.39 | 0.33 | 23.37 | 0.33 | 4.1444 | 775.62 | <0.0001 |
N = 500 for swarm start times, and 400 for swarm end times and swarm duration (see details in Table 1 legend). Note swarm end times were not recorded for 2009.