Table 6. Test catches with E-nets incorporating various layers of ultra-fine netting, compared to control catches with a standard E-net, each operated at various pulse intervals.
Insect | Pulse interval | Test layers | Total catch | Percent catch | ||
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Test | Control | Mean | 95% CL | |||
Tsetse | 1ms | 1 layer | 598 | 693 | 86* | 77–96 |
3 layers | 748 | 899 | 83* | 75–92 | ||
15ms | 1 layer | 222 | 268 | 83* | 69–99 | |
3 layers | 173 | 259 | 67* | 55–81 | ||
Muscoids | 1ms | 1 layer | 702 | 1045 | 67* | 61–74 |
3 layers | 141 | 188 | 75* | 60–94 | ||
15ms | 1 layer | 271 | 470 | 58* | 49–67 | |
3 layers | 20 | 30 | 67 | 36–121 |
The mean percent catch is the total catch with the test layers, as a percent of the total at the control. In any one comparison, the test and control E-nets were operated at the same pulse intervals, and always at 35mJ per pulse. An asterisk next to the mean percent catch indicates that the test and control catches differed at P<0.05.