Table 2. Percent ± SE (n = 9 experiments) black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, egg deposition in oviposition sites with and without conspecific eggs nested within different substrate treatments.

	Substrate Treatments
	No Substrate	Non-sterile Substrate	Sterile Substrate†
Eggs	79.3 ± 11.5a,c	52.2 ± 10.7a,c	60.1 ± 8.3a,c
No Eggs	9.5 ± 6.0b,c	36.6 ± 9.6a,d	28.9 ± 5.1b,d

^†Diet sterilized by autoclaving.

^a–bSample groups (Eggs and No Eggs) with the same letter (a or b) are not significantly different (P < 0.05) as compared within Substrate Treatment.

^c–dSubstrate treatments (No substrate, non-sterile substrate and Sterile substrate) with the same letter (c or d) are not significantly different (P < 0.05) as compared within sample group (Eggs or No Eggs).