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. 2018 Dec 3;2018:8759459. doi: 10.1155/2018/8759459

Table 1.

Mean number of Aedesaegypti larvae consumed by different dragonfly species in 24 hours.

Dragonfly Species Mean Length Mean Number of Aedes aegypti larvae consumed by a dragonfly larva
Total number of larvae consumed within 24 hours Average number of larvae consumed within 1 hour
Anax indicus 2.87 ± 0.10 
(2.77 – 2.97)		 110.00 ± 7.14 a 
(102.86 - 117.14)		 4.58 ± 0.29 a 
(4.29 - 4.87)
Pantala flavescens 1.55 ± 0.12 
(1.43 – 1.67)		 54.07 ± 5.15 b 
(48.92 - 59.22)		 2.31 ± 0.22 b 
(2.09 - 2.53)
Gynacantha dravida 3.10 ± 0.18 
(2.92 – 3.28)		 49.00 ± 11.89 b 
(37.11 - 60.89)		 2.20 ± 0.49 b 
(1.71 - 2.69)
Orthetrum sabina sabina 1.60 ± 0.18 
(1.42 – 1.78)		 26.87 ± 2.89 c 
(23.98 - 29.76)		 1.09 ± 0.12 c 
(0.97 - 1.21)
Tholymis tillarga 1.57 ± 0.09 
(1.48 – 1.66)		 23.47 ± 2.48 c 
(20.99 - 25.95)		 0.95 ± 0.10 d 
(0.85 - 1.05)

Note: values are Mean ± SE, range in parenthesis. Different superscript letters in a column show significant differences (p< 0.05) as suggested by General Linear Modelling followed by the Tukey's pair wise comparison at 95% level of significance.