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Table 4 Species composition among dye-marked specimens

From: Testing configurations of attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) stations in Mali, West Africa, for improving the control of malaria parasite transmission by vector mosquitoes and minimizing their effect on non-target insects

Group

Mean%

SE

LL 95%

UL 95%

Formicidae (Ants)

1.39

0.79

0.45

4.26

Bombyces complex

0.29

0.03

0.03

2.60

Brachycera

5.73

1.61

2.34

14.02

Caelifera

0.57

0.06

0.06

5.08

Carabidae

0.28

0.03

0.03

2.54

Cerambycidae

1.04

0.82

0.12

9.22

Chironomidae

1.60

0.89

0.54

4.75

Cicadomorpha

0.58

0.06

0.07

5.19

Ensifera

1.23

0.70

0.23

6.59

Geometroidea

0.28

0.02

0.05

1.52

Heteroptera

0.93

0.37

0.21

4.05

Apidae (Honey bees)

1.74

0.94

0.60

5.04

Myrmeleontiformia

3.02

1.59

0.56

16.27

Noctuoidea

1.00

0.56

0.33

3.02

Vespidae (Parasitic wasps)

1.19

0.82

0.31

4.65

Pyraloidea

0.66

0.24

0.17

2.52

Rhopalocera

1.74

0.91

0.51

5.97

Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae (beetles)

0.83

0.36

0.19

3.65

Coleoptera: ("other beetles")

0.62

0.38

0.19

2.07

Sphingidae

1.18

1.01

0.22

6.37

Vespidae (Wasps)

4.91

1.33

1.93

12.48

Wild Bees (Apidae)

0.48

0.03

0.13

1.73

  1. Mean percentage per night per village of dye marked specimens representing different insect orders in the combined catches of one, two and three stations (N = 162 dye marked specimens)
  2. LL—95% confidence interval lower limit, UL—95% confidence interval upper limit