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Table 2.

Summary results of fecundity and fertility among Kisumu and VK-Per mosquitoes exposed to the various treatments.

Treatment Number of holes Survival
N eggs laid Fecundity 
Fertility
IGR effect
  N surviving blood-fed female % surviving blood-fed female rate Mean number of eggs/female (N) Number of larvae Hatching rate (%) Mean number of larvae/female
Kisumu Control 6 51 33.6a 2452 49a 1914 78.1a 38a
30 74 49.7b 5425 71a 3990 73.6b 52a,d
150 140 87.0c 7016 51a 5593 79.7a 40a
Pyriproxyfen 6 72 39.8a 148 2b 47 31.7c 0b
30 81 54.7b 7 0b 0 0.0d 0b
150 132 86.3c 34 0b 19 55.9b 0b
Olyset Net 6 0 0d NA NA NA NA NA
30 0 0d NA NA NA NA NA
150 0 0d NA NA NA NA NA
Olyset Duo 6 0 0d NA NA NA NA NA
30 0 0d NA NA NA NA NA
150 0 0d NA NA NA NA NA
VK-Per Control 6 151 83.9c 8155 54a 6802 83.4e 45a
30 159 91.9c,e 8715 55a 7623 87.5f 48a,d
150 177 97.8e 9854 56a 7654 77.7a 43a
Pyriproxyfen 6 145 80.1c 18 0b 1 5.6g 0b
30 147 85.5c 2 0b 0 0.0d 0b
150 176 97.8e 479 3b 295 61.6b 2b
Olyset Net 6 37 21.4f,a 999 29c 800 80.1a,e 23a,e
30 20 12.1f 940 49c,a 700 74.5b 36a
150 76 43.4b,a 5593 78d 4422 79.1a,e 61c
Olyset Duo 6 6 3.5d 0 0b NA NA 0b
30 6 3.6d 0 0b NA NA 0b
150 43 25.2a 1953 39c,a 1468 75.2a,b 29a,e

The numbers in the same column sharing the letter superscript do not differ significantly (p ≥ 0.05) according to the logistic regression. NS: Not significant.

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