Table 1.

Life expectancy (e₀) in days, and standard error (± SE), of laboratory reared female medfly and melon fly from Hilo, Hawaii when host access begins at age 0, 7 and 14 days, with full diet provided, compared to females that never receive access to hosts (control). Different letters denote life expectancies that are significantly different across treatments within each species.

Host Access at	Medfly e0	Melon fly e0
0	24.18 ±1.13 a	44.36 ±1.17 a
7	23.98 ±1.13 a	39.65 ±1.17 a
14	26.59 ±1.13 a	49.85 ±1.17 a
Control	29.47 ±1.09 a	76.18 ±1.12 b