Development of an Alternative Low-Cost Larval Diet for Mass Rearing of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

Table 1

Morphometric parameters and pupation success of Ae. aegypti 4^th instar larvae () fed different larval diets.

Larval diet	Head length (mm)	Head width (mm)	Thoracic length (mm)	Thoracic width (mm)	Abdominal length (mm)	Abdominal width (mm)	Total length (mm)	Pupation success (%)
D1	^b (0.49-0.53)	^b (0.52-0.56)	^b (0.80-0.82)	^b (0.93-0.95)	^b (3.33-3.41)	^b (0.61-0.68)	^c (4.68-4.74)	^b (76.5-79.5)
D2	^a (0.56-0.58)	^a (0.59-0.61)	^a (0.87-0.89)	^a (1.03-1.05)	^a (3.58-3.60)	^a (0.69-0.71)	^a (4.94-5.02)	^a (86.7-91.3)
D3	^a (0.55-0.57)	^a (0.58-0.60)	^a (0.86-0.88)	^a (1.00-1.04)	^a (3.47-3.53)	^a,b (0.65-0.69)	^b (4.82-4.88)	^a (80.2-87.0)

Note: values are the with the range in parenthesis. Different letters in a column denote significant differences () at a 95% level of confidence based on the General Linear Model followed by Tukey’s pairwise comparison.