Table 2.

Life history traits and reproductive parameters of adult BSF that had access to different types of water (tap water, distilled water, 0.5% NaCl w/v) or no water (starvation). Data are means ± SD. Different letters (a–d) within a row indicate statistically significant differences between diets (p < 0.05; one-way ANOVA; Kaplan–Meier estimator for longevity-related data).

Parameters		n	Tap Water	Distilled Water	0.5% NaCl	Starvation
Adult preoviposition period (d)		n = 30	9.1 ± 1.1 a	9.0 ± 0.7 a	7.9 ± 0.4 a	no eggs
Oviposition period (d)		n = 30	5.0 ± 0.8 a	4.0 ± 2.2 a	1.7 ± 0.9 a	no eggs
Oviposition peak (d)		n = 30	8.3 ± 1.2 a	9.0 ± 0.8 a	7.8 ± 0.6 a	no eggs
Oviposition span (min–max d)		n = 30	6–14	7–13	7–10	no eggs
Adult longevity (d)	♂	n = 30	20.5 ± 1.3 a	19.0 ± 2.0 a	10.7 ± 0.6 b	6.4 ± 0.1 c
	♀	n = 30	17.6 ± 1.0 a	16.2 ± 1.3 ab	12.9 ± 2.2 b	6.3 ± 0.4 c
	total	n = 60	19.1 ± 1.1 a	17.6 ± 1.2 b	11.8 ± 1.3 c	6.4 ± 0.1 d
Adult longevity (min–max d)	♂	n = 30	13–26	12–26	5–19	5–8
	♀	n = 30	10–28	9–26	7–21	5–8
	total	n = 60	10–28	9–26	5–21	5–8
AL50 (d)		n = 60	19.0 ± 2.8 a	16.3 ± 0.9 ab	11.3 ± 1.9 bc	6.3 ± 0.5 c
Female longevity after oviposition (d)		n = 30	6.7 ± 1.8 a	6.1 ± 0.1 a	4.8 ± 2.9 a	no eggs
Fecundity (egg clutches/10 females)		n = 30	7.0 ± 0.8 a	6.7 ± 1.2 a	3.0 ± 0.0 b	0.0 ± 0.0 c
Egg clutch weight (mg)		n = 30	15.0 ± 2.1 a	15.6 ± 0.2 a	12.8 ± 2.0 a	no eggs
Span of egg clutch weight (min–max mg)		n = 30	11.3–31.8	12.4–20.1	7.9–18.2	no eggs
Mean egg yield (mg eggs/10 females)		n = 30	106.9 ± 26.9 a	104.0 ± 18.3 a	38.5 ± 6.1 b	0.0 ± 0.0 b
Total egg yield (mg eggs)		n = 30	320.8	312.0	115.4	0.0 ± 0.0
Egg clutch size (eggs/clutch)		n = 30	626.5 ± 86.1 a	651.4 ± 9.5 a	534.3 ± 84.7 a	no eggs
Span of egg clutch size (min–max eggs)		n = 30	471–1325	517–838	329–758	no eggs
Multiple oviposition events (yes/no (number))		n = 30	yes (2)	yes (1)	no	no
No oviposition (yes/no (number))		n = 30	yes (9)	yes (10)	yes (21)	yes (30)