|
Life stages
|
n
|
A. gossypii
|
n
|
L. erysimi
|
|---|
|
Egg incubation
|
40
|
3.15 ± 0.12a
|
40
|
2.45 ± 0.08b
|
|
L1
|
38
|
4.03 ± 0.12a
|
40
|
2.55 ± 0.08b
|
|
L2
|
32
|
5.10 ± 0.14a
|
36
|
2.61 ± 0.09b
|
|
L3
|
24
|
5.50 ± 0.23a
|
34
|
2.32 ± 0.07b
|
|
L4
|
23
|
6.82 ± 0.19a
|
32
|
3.81 ± 0.13b
|
|
Pupa
|
23
|
6.82 ± 0.19a
|
32
|
4.47 ± 0.10b
|
|
Adult longevity
|
22
|
30.6 ± 0.56b
|
32
|
36.4 ± 0.50a
|
- SE was estimated by Bootstrapping (100,000 replications), L1–L4 indicate the larval instar, means sharing similar letters in each row are not significantly different at P > 0.05, n = numbers of individual H. convergens that completed a stage
