TABLE 3.
Survival rates from anterior and posterior treatments
| Experiment | Treatment | % Survival to:
|
Sex ratio (female/total) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch (larvae/eggs) | Pupation (pupae/larvae) | Eclosion (adult/pupae) | |||
| 1 | Anterior | 30.9 (51/165) | 37.3 (19/51) | 89.5 (17/19) | 58.8 (10/17) |
| Posterior | 24.6 (48/195) | 47.9 (23/48) | 95.7 (22/23) | 50.0 (11/22) | |
| 2 | Anterior | 20.2 (33/163) | 27.3 (9/33) | 100.0 (9/9) | 55.6 (5/9) |
| Posterior | 33.0 (33/100) | 57.6 (19/33) | 100.0 (19/19) | 42.1 (8/19) | |
| 3 | Anterior | 33.8 (68/201) | 39.7 (27/68) | 88.9 (24/27) | 33.3 (8/24) |
| Posterior | 32.4 (58/179) | 60.3 (35/58) | 94.3 (33/35) | 51.5 (17/33) | |
| Average of three experiments ± SD | Anterior | 28.3 ± 7.2 | 34.9 ± 6.6 | 92.8 ± 6.2 | 49.2 ± 13.9 |
| Posterior | 33.0 ± 4.7 | 55.3 ± 6.5 | 96.7 ± 8.0 | 47.9 ± 5.1 | |