Table 7. Mean number of adults, nymphs, or total number of adults and nymphs of L. reticulatus ± SE per vial (for vials in which the initial population was females of L. reticulatus with adult females of L. bostrychophila at a ratio of 1∶9, 3∶7, 5∶5, 7∶3, 9∶1, and 10∶0 adults (L. reticulatus: L. bostrychophila)) at 35, 70, 105, 140, and 175 days after the introduction of the initial population.

	Period (days after introduction of the first females)
Adult ratio	35	70	105	140	175
	Adults
1∶9	0.6±0.3 c	2.7±1.7 c	1.6±1.1 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
3∶7	1.7±0.4 bc	2.4±0.8 c	4.6±2.7 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
5∶5	2.2±0.8 bc	9.2±2.7 bc	4.4±2.6 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
7∶ 3	2.9±0.8 bc	11.4±2.9 bc	3.1±2.0 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
9∶1	5.7±1.3 ab	20.8±4.3 ab	5.2±3.6 b	1.9±1.9 b	0.0±0.0 b
10∶0	8.2±2.2 a	31.9±6.9 a	35.3±6.3 a	33.7±8.2 a	17.4±4.1 a
F	5.9	9.0	14.0	15.7	17.7
p	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
	Nymphs
1∶9	5.4±1.9 c	0.6±0.4 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
3∶7	10.2±2.0 bc	1.6±0.7 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
5∶5	14.3±2.7 bc	2.4±0.8 ab	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
7∶3	16.8±3.6 bc	2.2±1.2 ab	0.2±0.2 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
9∶1	24.1±4.2 ab	5.2±2.0 ab	0.2±0.1 b	0.2±0.2 b	0.0±0.0 b
10∶0	33.1±6.6 a	10.3±4.0 a	8.3±2.6 a	14.2±4.9 a	12.6±4.4 a
F	6.7	3.4	9.9	8.4	8.2
p	<0.01	0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
	Total
1∶ 9	6.0±2.2 c	3.2±2.2 c	1.5±1.1 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
3∶ 7	11.9±2.3 bc	4.0±1.2 c	4.5±2.7 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
5∶ 5	16.6±3.1 bc	11.7±3.1 bc	4.4±2.6 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
7∶ 3	19.7±4.2 bc	13.6±4.0 bc	3.3±2.2 b	0.0±0.0 b	0.0±0.0 b
9∶ 1	27.7±5.3 ab	26.0±5.3 ab	5.4±3.7 b	2.1±2.1 b	0.0±0.0 b
10∶ 0	41.3±8.2 a	42.2±9.9 a	43.7±7.0 a	47.9±10.7 a	30.0±11.9 a
F	7.4	8.5	19.5	19.1	14.6
p	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01

Within each column and life stage, means followed by the same letter are not significantly different; where no letters exist, no significant differences were noted; HSD test at P = 0.05; in all cases, df = 5, 53).