Table 2. Monitoring of emerged larvae of Anopheles funestus during the hatching period indifferent water samples.
| Water
samples |
Number of
replicates |
Mean number
of eggs per replicate |
Eggshatchingdays | Meanhatching
rate/day (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Borehole
water |
8 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0.0637 |
| 2 | 41.21 ± 6.11 | ||||
| 3 | 22.01 ± 4.82 | ||||
| 4 | 12.07 ± 1.9 | ||||
| 5 | 12.61 ± 0.11 | ||||
| Total | 87.9 ± 2.60 | ||||
|
FIFA mineral
water |
15 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0.1450 |
| 2 | 55.57 ± 6.46 | ||||
| 3 | 20.33 ± 11.54 | ||||
| 4 | 16 | ||||
| Total | 91.9 ± 4.45 | ||||
|
Possotômè
mineral water |
17 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0.080 |
| 2 | 43.77 ± 5.01 | ||||
| 3 | 25.76 ± 2.63 | ||||
| 4 | 19.6 ± 2.38 | ||||
| Total | 89.13 ± 2.51 |