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

Table 3

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	14 ± 1	14 hrs	0.9050 ± 0.00260	0.3010 ± 0.00870	0.0642 ± 0.00734
1st instar larvae	44 ± 2	2 days, 10 hrs	1.5378 ± 0.14193	0.5124 ± 0.04740	0.3499 ± 0.09483
2nd instar larvae	64 ± 2	5 days, 2 hrs	2.7226 ± 0.17353	0.9071 ± 0.05783	1.8656 ± 0.32497
3rd instar larvae	148 ± 1	11 days, 6 hrs	4.5145 ± 0.30010	1.5045 ± 0.10002	8.9991 ± 1.72950
Pupae	156 ± 2	17 days, 18 hrs	5.8893 ± 0.08514	1.9866 ± 0.02574	18.3965 ± 0.82974