Daily oviposition patterns of the African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) on different types of aqueous substrates

Table 1 The number of mosquitoes (Mean ± SE¹) contributing to the total eggs laid in each mosquito/ substrate combination.

Mosquito/ Substrate	Mean ± SE¹
Gravid/ Distilled water	3.3 ± 0.4^bc
Gravid/ Anopheline habitat water	3.5 ± 0.4^ab
Gravid/ Culicine habitat water	2.5 ± 0.4^c
Hypergravid/ Distilled water	3.8 ± 0.4^ab
Hypergravid/ Anopheline habitat water	4.4 ± 0.3^a
Hypergravid/ Culicine habitat water	3.6 ± 0.4^ab

¹SE: Standard Error. n = 12 cages each containing five mosquitoes. Any two means sharing a letter in common are not significantly different at 5% level (LSD test).