Nutriments | Percentage of the mites feeding on a nutriment in relation to the total feeding mites in the same replicate | Percentage of mites stuck to an edible nutrient in comparison to the number of mites congregating to feed on it | Edibility span of edibles, in minutes | ||||
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Average | Rank | Average | Rank | Average | Rank | ||
Skim milk | 3.25gh | 14 | 11.43de | 8 | 49.33cd | 11 | |
Honey | 0j | 20 | – | – | – | – | |
Yolk | 9.92b | 3 | 2.22e | 15 | 7d | 19 | |
Baker's yeast | 14.65a | 1 | 0e | 16 | 30cd | 14 | |
Amino acid solution 10% | 0j | 20 | – | – | – | – | |
Skim milk + Honey + Yolk + Baker's yeast + Amino acids 10% | 100:1:1:1:1 | 3.80gh | 12 | 13.10cde | 7 | 74.33cd | 5 |
100:10:1:1:1 | 4.94efg | 8 | 34.13ab | 4 | 89.00cd | 4 | |
100:20:1:1:1 | 2.89hi | 17 | 38.33ab | 3 | 120.00 c | 3 | |
100:1:10:1:1 | 3.83fgh | 11 | 6.67de | 12 | 59.67cd | 9 | |
100:1:20:1:1 | 6.31 cde | 6 | 2.56de | 14 | 45.00cd | 12 | |
100:1:1:10:1 | 7.87 c | 4 | 9.58de | 10 | 70.33cd | 7 | |
100:1:1:20:1 | 10.71 b | 2 | 8.91de | 11 | 65.33cd | 8 | |
100:1:1:1:10 | 0 j | 20 | – | – | – | – | |
100:1:1:1:20 | 0 j | 20 | – | – | – | – | |
Whole milk | 3.61 gh | 13 | 14.07cd | 6 | 41.67cd | 13 | |
Albumin | 1.18 ij | 18 | 11.11 de | 9 | 51.00cd | 10 | |
Grape juice | 4.22 fgh | 10 | 40.48 a | 2 | 900.00 b | 2 | |
Sugar cane juice | 0.19 j | 19 | 0 e | 16 | 8.33 d | 17 | |
Water | 3.06Â h | 16 | 25.56 bc | 5 | 70.67Â cd | 6 | |
Chicken blood | 0 j | 20 | – | – | – | – | |
Smashed cow lever | 0 j | 20 | – | – | – | – | |
Drosophila eggs | Living | 0 j | 20 | – | – | – | – |
Smashed | 5.56 def | 7 | 0 e | 16 | 9.33 d | 16 | |
Drosophila larvae | Living | 0 j | 20 | – | – | – | – |
Smashed | 4.23 fgh | 9 | 0 e | 16 | 11.33 d | 15 | |
Drosophila pupae | Living | 0.00j | 20 | – | – | – | – |
Smashed | 6.71cd | 5 | 0e | 16 | 8 d | 18 | |
Cotton pollen | 0j | 20 | S | 1 | – | – | |
Maize pollen | 3.09h | 15 | 5.56de | 13 | 5580a | 1 | |
L.S.D., 0.05 | 0.0173 | Â | 13.2806 | Â | 93.4317 | Â |