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Table 3 APOP ((Adult preoviposition period), TPOP (Total preoviposition period), Oviposition, Postoviposition period, Total and daily fecundity of Orius laevigatus on different prey

From: A comparative study of two-sex life table parameters of Orius laevigatus fieber (Hemiptera: anthocoridae) on two mealybug species, Planococcus citri Risso, and P. solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Prey

APOP (Day ± SE)

TPOP (Day ± SE)

Oviposition period (Day ± SE)

Post-oviposition period (Day ± SE)

Total fecundity (Day ± SE)

Daily fecundity (Day ± SE)

Adult Longevity (Day ± SE)

Phenacoccus solenopsis

3.2 ± 0.17a*

28.67 ± 0.33a

9.67 ± 0.40b

3.66 ± 0.18a

42.6 ± 2.47b

4.41 ± 0.08b

15.17 ± 0.31b

Planococcus citri

3.33 ± 0.13a

30.13 ± 0.52a

8.07 ± 0.41b

3.46 ± 0.16a

28.00 ± 1.69c

3.47 ± 0.08c

14.03 ± 0.39b

Ephestia kuehniella (Control)

2.67 ± 0.12b

16.07 ± 0.26b

17.53 ± 0.54a

2.33 ± 0.12b

129.73 ± 5.98a

7.4 ± 0.10a

20.9 ± 0.47a

  1. *Means followed by the same letters in the same column are not significantly different based on the paired bootstrap test at the 5% significance level