Table 3. Percent ± SE* black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, egg deposition in oviposition sites inoculated with differing egg treatments using conspecific eggs.
Sterile† | Non-Sterile | H2O Rinse‡ | No Eggs | |
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(T1) | (T2) | (C1) | (C2) | |
Eggs Deposited1 | 18.6 ± 1.6a | 39.2 ± 2.4b | 34.8 ± 2.8b | 7.4 ± 2.9c |
1Treatments with the same letter are not significantly different (P < 0.05: Tukey's Post-hoc Pairwise comparisons).
*Twelve replicate experiments; †Eggs sterilized with Sporgon®; ‡Eggs rinsed once with sterile water.