Table 3.

Effects of shifting Canton-S female flies from a high- to a low- or from a low- to a high-calorie diet on female lifelong fecundity and during 5 day periods before and after shifting

Diet	Time on diet	Lifelong N eggs	SEM	6-10D	SEM	11-15D	SEM
H	Lifelong	906.5	79.0	221	19.2	206	19.8
HLD10	0–10 H, 10-rest L	884.80	68.9	243	23.2	114	9.0
LHD10	0–10 L, 10-rest H	668.65	86.2	70	4.8	172	21.1
L	Lifelong	593.4	31.6	58	3.2	77	2.0

Average number of egg/fly for Canton-S female flies kept on a high (H)- or a low (L)-calorie diet lifelong, or shifted from a H to a L, or L to H at day 10. The number of average eggs/fly listed are laid during female lifetime, during 6–10, or 11–15 day periods. Each CS females was placed along with one male flies per vial on day 0. SEM = of the average eggs laid during listed periods. There were 20 females in each experiment. N = number of eggs

L low-calorie diet, H high-calorie diet, HLD10 flies shifted from a high- to a low-calorie diet at day 10, LHD10 flies shifted from a low- to a high-calorie diet at day 10