Table 2.
Comparison of postdiapause larval and resulting female adult life history traits of individuals exposed to well-watered and drought-exposed host plants during their development
| Life history traits | Sex | Well-watered |
Drought-exposed |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (±SE) | N | Mean (±SE) | N | ||
| Postdiapause larvae | |||||
| Development time (days) | Female | 15.0 (±0.3) | 43 | 13.7 (±0.2) | 47 |
| Male | 13.8 (±0.5) | 39 | 11.7 (±0.3) | 37 | |
| Pupal weight (mg) | Female | 159.1 (±2.7) | 43 | 170.0 (±2.5) | 47 |
| Male | 135.6 (±2.7) | 40 | 143.7 (± 2.9) | 37 | |
| Growth rate (g/day) | Female | 0.05 (±0.002) | 43 | 0.07 (±0.002) | 47 |
| Male | 0.06 (±0.003) | 39 | 0.08 (±0.003) | 37 | |
| Adults | |||||
| Clutch size | Female | 130.9 (±9.5) | 51 | 141.0 (±8.8) | 53 |
| Lifetime egg production | Female | 267.1 (±24.7) | 25 | 311.5 (±38.0) | 24 |
| Hatching success (%) | Female | 87.7 (±7.8) | 51 | 91.3 (±7.1) | 53 |
| Life span (days) | Female | 14.8 (±1.0) | 28 | 16.8 (±1.2) | 30 |