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Table 3 Average prey consumption (mean ± S.E) by C. barchylobus adults

From: Development, biology, and life table parameters of the predatory species, Clitostethus brachylobus Peng, Ren & Pang 1998 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), when fed on the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.)

B. tabaci

C. brachylobus adults

Female

Male

Eggs

165.08 ± 47.80a

147.24 ± 48.40a

1st nymph

84.29 ± 15.30b

83.60 ± 10.50b

2nd nymph

55.38 ± 17.01c

52.86 ± 13.71c

3rd nymph

22.22 ± 6.14d

14.48 ± 1.93d

4th nymph

13.24 ± 2.21e

12.50 ± 2.70d

Pupa

9.89 ± 1.51f

6.28 ± 1.55d

F, d.f, P

31.71, 5, < 0.0001

43.65, 5, < 0.0001

  1. Means (± SE) in the same column followed by different letters are significantly different from each other (Tukey’s P < 0.05)