Developmental Variation of Indian Thermophilic Variety of Scuttle Fly Megaselia (Megaselia) scalaris (Loew, 1866) (Diptera: Phoridae) on Different Substrates

Table 2

Stages	Avg. hours; (mean ± SE)	Cumulative; avg. days	Avg. length (in mm); (mean ± SE)	Avg. width (in mm); (mean ± SE)	Avg. biomass (in mm^3); (mean ± SE)
Eggs	12 ± 2	12 hrs	0.7210 ± 0.00260	0.2400 ± 0.00870	0.0108 ± 0.00166
1st instar larvae	49 ± 2	2 days, 13 hrs	1.3538 ± 0.14193	0.4514 ± 0.04718	0.0818 ± 0.02472
2nd instar larvae	63 ± 3	5 days, 4 hrs	2.5376 ± 0.17300	0.8458 ± 0.05765	0.5079 ± 0.09364
3rd instar larvae	126 ± 3	10 days, 10 hrs	3.6041 ± 0.09835	1.2010 ± 0.03277	1.3883 ± 0.11401
Pupae	138 ± 4	16 days, 4 hrs	3.2008 ± 0.09705	1.1261 ± 0.02635	1.1471 ± 0.09194