Table 1.

Specific pairwise contrasts between numbers of eggs laid by females across subsequent weeks of life. The data only include those females that lived for at least 6 weeks postadult eclosion

Egg production	F	P	Mean number of eggs laid (± SE)
Week 1	F1,21 = 3.578	0.073	pumpkin	142.9 ± 9.3
			sunflower	168.9 ± 10.1
Week 2	F1,21 = 2.280	0.146	pumpkin	111.8 ± 8.0
			sunflower	130.1 ± 9.1
Week 3	F1,21 = 1.250	0.276	pumpkin	127.5 ± 10.9
			sunflower	145.9 ± 12.4
Week 4	F1,21 = 5.094	0.035	pumpkin	99.6 ± 11.9
			sunflower	140.4 ± 13.6
Week 5	F1,21 = 9.729	0.005	pumpkin	83.7 ± 9.8
			sunflower	130.1 ± 11.2
Week 6	F1,21 = 5.465	0.029	pumpkin	62.0 ± 13.6
			sunflower	110.1 ± 15.5
Total eggs laid	F1,21 = 10.539	0.004	pumpkin	621.5 ± 41.4
			sunflower	825.5 ± 47.3