Table 1.
Similarities among the apartments tested for mass trapping (sticky traps; Trapper monitor and insect glue traps), sprayable pesticides (9.5 g/kg Permethrin and 3.4 g/kg Pyrethrin II) and poisoned bait (Indoxacarb; 0.05%) against Ctenolepisma longicaudata. Averages are given with ± SEM.
| Control Method | # of Replicates | Apartment Size (m2) | # of Residents | Messy/Tidy † | Dirt (g) ‡ | Initial Population | Temperature (°C) | Humidity (% RH) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass trapping | n = 8 | 80.8 ± 5.2 | 2.3 ± 0.3 | 3/5 | 44.8 ± 1.9 | 16.8 ± 2.2 | 23.8 ± 0.2 | 38.9 ± 1.5 |
| Spray pesticides | n = 11 | 81.9 ± 8.1 | 2.1 ± 0.3 | 3/8 | 41.0 ± 1.4 | 21.1 ± 3.7 | 22.8 ± 0.3 | 38.8 ± 1.1 |
| Bait | n = 10 | 85.6 ± 5.6 | 1.6 ± 0.3 | 3/7 | 42.9 ± 1.0 | 17.5 ± 6.0 | 23.5 ± 0.3 | 40.3 ± 1.0 |
† = Messy; large amounts of furniture, objects, and clutter, Tidy; little furniture, objects, and clutter; ‡ = amount collected by standardized and timed vacuum cleaning; # = number.