Table 2 Toxicity of Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana and Paecilomyces lilacinus to different stages of Ceratitis capitata

Third larval instar

9.81 × 10⁴

2.53 × 10⁷

1.18 × 10⁹

1.42 × 10¹³

0.314 ± 0.068

3.284

1.000

1-day-old pupae

4.09 × 10¹⁰

7.08 × 10⁴

6.10 × 10⁷

9.10 × 10¹⁴

0.179 ± 0.064

2.871

1.000

5-day-old pupae

1.62 × 10⁴

4.83 × 10⁶

2.49 × 10⁸

3.83 × 10¹²

0.306 ± 0.067

6.181

.995

8-day-old pupae

6.66 × 10⁴

1.54 × 10⁸

3.27 × 10¹⁰

1.61 × 10¹⁶

0.225 ± 0.069

2.375

1.000

Third larval instar

1.86 × 10⁵

5.22 × 10⁷

2.59 × 10⁹

3.62 × 10¹³

0.309 ± 0.069

2.296

1.000

1-day-old pupae

1.06 × 10²

1.55 × 10⁶

1.18 × 10⁹

1.32 × 10¹⁶

0.182 ± 0.064

1.672

1.000

5-day-old pupae

2.54 × 10²

4.62 × 10⁶

4.11 × 10⁹

6.65 × 10¹⁶

0.178 ± 0.065

7.813

.981

8-day-old pupae

2.61 × 10³

9.88 × 10⁷

1.46 × 10¹¹

8.19 × 10¹⁸

0.165 ± 0.067

3.463

1.000

Third larval instar

1.54 × 10⁶

2.07 × 10¹⁴

8.84 × 10¹⁹

5.08 × 10³³

0.093 ± 0.080

2.338

1.000

1-day-old pupae

8.46 × 10⁵

1.97 × 10¹⁸

7.23 × 10²⁶

6.17 × 10⁴⁷

0.061 ± 0.081

2.689

1.000

5-day-old pupae

3.89 × 10³

2.35 × 10¹³

1.40 × 10²⁰

5.05 × 10³⁶

0.077 ± 0.074

3.000

1.000

8-day-old pupae

3.47 × 10⁵

2.77 × 10¹³

8.22 × 10¹⁸

1.95 × 10³²

0.096 ± 0.077

3.850

1.000