Table 1. Morphometric characteristics of the experimental females, their hemolymphatic glucose levels before injection and at their sacrifice.

Experimental group [n = 8 in each group]	Carapace length [mm]	*MMI – Gastrolith width/Carapace length [mm/mm]	Glucose levels [mg/dL]
			0 min.	60 min
Native	39.4±1.2	0.0067±0.0048	9.14±0.75	14.78±1.93
Sham-injected	39.4±2.4	0.0094±0.0086	1.94±0.33	1.01±0.59
L-cHH-injected	41.5±2.0	0.0081±0.0065	2.36±1.10	13.84±3.13
D-cHH-injected	39.9±1.7	0.0025±0.0001	2.49±0.83	11.45±2.32

^*MMI – molt mineralization index.