Reproductive Biology, Mating Behavior, and Vibratory Communication of the Brown-Winged Stink Bug, Edessa meditabunda (Fabr.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Table 2

Effect of mating frequency on the reproductive biology and longevity of Edessa meditabunda females in the laboratory.

	Preoviposition period (days)	Days between 1° mating and 1° oviposition	Days between consecutive oviposition	Number of egg mass/female	Number of eggs/mass	Total eggs/female	Reproductive period (days)	Fertility^b (%)	Female longevity (days)
Multiple-mated females	18.50±2.06^a (𝑁=20)	1.35±0.48^a (𝑁=20)	6.26±3.02^a (𝑁=95)	5.70±1.17^a (𝑁=20)	13.50±0.79^a (𝑁=115)	77.65±16.11^a (𝑁=20)	30.45±10.22^a (𝑁=20)	96.11±9.70^a (𝑁=115)	56.65±7.51^a (𝑁=20)
Single-mated females	21.27±1.53^a (𝑁=15)	1.53±0.74^a (𝑁=15)	9.21±2.67^b (𝑁=14)	2.07±0.70^b (𝑁=15)	13.32±1.88^a (𝑁=31)	26.87±9.30^b (𝑁=15)	9.14±5.17^b (𝑁=15)	95.16±13.47^a (𝑁=31)	57.87±6.32^a (𝑁=15)
Virgin females	21.25±2.76^a (𝑁=9)			0.70±0.77^c (𝑁=17)	9.45±2.58^b (𝑁=11)	5.78±6.44^c (𝑁=18)	1.22±0.44^c (𝑁=19)		64.50±9.53^b (𝑁=18)

Letters in each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (ANODEV and contrast analyses 𝑃>0.05).