Table 4.
The developmental time of H. vigintioctopunctata larva reared on different ratio of protein: carbohydrate levels by keeping the total protein (p) and carbohydrate (c) amount (48% by dry mass) but changed the p:c ratios
| Stage | The ratio of protein: carbohydrate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 26:20 | 24:24 | 22:26 | |
| L1 (d) | 4.70 ± 0.07b | 3.10 ± 0.07c | 5.20 ± 0.07a |
| L2 (d) | 4.12 ± 0.07c | 6.00 ± 0.18a | 4.39 ± 0.11b |
| L3 (d) | 5.65 ± 0.19b | 6.65 ± 0.25a | 6.00 ± 0.30a,b |
| L4 (d) | 11.94 ± 0.41 | － | － |
Values are means ± standard errors. Standard errors were evaluated using the bootstrap procedure with 100,000 resampling, and different letters in the same row indicated significantly different (P < 0.05) between the ratio of p:c using the paired bootstrap test. ‘－’ means the H. vigintioctopunctata cannot finish this stage.