Scientifica / 2016 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Developmental Variation of Indian Thermophilic Variety of Scuttle Fly Megaselia (Megaselia) scalaris (Loew, 1866) (Diptera: Phoridae) on Different Substrates Stages Avg. hours (mean ± SE) Cumulative avg. days Avg. length (in mm) (mean ± SE) Avg. width (in mm) (mean ± SE) Avg. biomass (in mm3 ) (mean ± SE) Eggs 10 ± 2 10 hrs 0.1080 ± 0.00261 0.0360 ± 0.00870 0.0000 ± 0.00420 1st instar larvae 48 ± 3 2 days, 10 hrs 0.7418 ± 0.06347 0.2472 ± 0.04711 0.0515 ± 0.02511 2nd instar larvae 60 ± 2 4 days, 22 hrs 1.9514 ± 0.18684 0.6504 ± 0.06224 0.7356 ± 0.18508 3rd instar larvae 118 ± 2 9 days, 20 hrs 3.0870 ± 0.09394 1.0298 ± 0.03123 2.6355 ± 0.23566 Pupae 132 ± 4 15 days, 8 hrs 2.7095 ± 0.09074 0.9590 ± 0.02441 2.0204 ± 0.19972