Mother-Offspring Relations: Prey Quality and Maternal Size Affect Egg Size of an Acariphagous Lady Beetle in Culture

Table 2

Mean ± SEM hatch rate and hatch time of predator eggs in relation to size category.

Egg length range (μm)	Category	Hatch rate (%)	Hatch time (days)	Mothers (n)
341–360	Short	98.4±1.60	5.46±0.05	4
361–380	Intermediate	95.9±1.07	5.58±0.05	14
381–400	Long	96.6±2.10	5.49±0.12	4

Only hatched eggs represented in this table.