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Table 2 Body weights (mg ± SE) of newly emerged female and male adults of Harmonia axyridis when feeding on artificial diets

From: Far-reaching benefits of the consumption of conspecific eggs by neonate larvae of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): a case study on an artificial diet

 

Control

Yng-1

Yng-2

Yng-3

Mid-1

Mid-2

Mid-3

Old-1

Old-2

Old-3

Female

11.7 ± 0.9

16.3 ± 0.7*

14.5 ± 0.6*

14.0 ± 1.5 ns

15.4 ± 0.8*

14.2 ± 0.8 ns

15.5 ± 0.7*

13.8 ± 0.8 ns

16.1 ± 1.0*

15.2 ± 0.7*

Male

12.1 ± 0.9

13.6 ± 0.9 ns

13.3 ± 0.6 ns

13.5 ± 0.8 ns

13.9 ± 0.9 ns

12.2 ± 0.7 ns

13.9 ± 0.9 ns

13.4 ± 0.7 ns

13.3 ± 0.9 ns

13.2 ± 0.7 ns

  1. Asterisk in each row indicates a significant difference between the cannibal beetles and the control beetles (p < 0.05), while ns means non-significant difference (p > 0.05)