Research Article

Biology of the Wild Silkmoth Anaphe panda (Boisduval) in the Kakamega Forest of Western Kenya

Table 1

Means (±SD) incubation period in days of Anaphe panda in the Indigenous and mixed indigenous forest in Kakamega.

YearsIsecheno block (mixed indigenous forest)Ikuywa block (indigenous forest)
1st brood2nd brood1st brood2nd brood
Incubation Incubation Incubation Incubation

200512 8 ** 13 10 **
200617 18 ** 16 15 **
200716 18 ** 18 17 **

: number of egg clusters; **: highly significant difference between the 1st and 2nd broods.