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Table 2 Survival of larvae to the pupal stage when cultured under four different conditions

From: Benchmarking vector arthropod culture: an example using the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae)

Treatment

Number of

experiments

Number of

dishes

Starting

number (L1s)

Number

pupating

Proportion surviving

Standard

deviation

Low diet

2

8

128

64

0.500

0.192

Medium diet

2

8

128

105

0.820

0.140

High diet

2

8

128

110

0.859

0.145

SOP

1

3

750

669

0.892

0.032