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Table 2 Development duration and thermal requirements (ADD) of Calliphora vicina (second generation) at constant temperatures (RH = 70%, Photoperiod= 10: 14)

From: Temperature requirements for the growth of immature stages of blowflies species, Chrysomya albiceps and Calliphora vicina, (Diptera:Calliphoridae) under laboratory conditions

Life stages

Development duration (Day+/-SD)

ADD (°C)

Dz(°C)

15 °C

20 °C

15 °C

20 °C

Egg hatching

2+/−  0.0

1+/−  0.0

26

18

2

1st larval instar (L1)

2+/−  0.0

1+/−  0.0

26

18

2

2nd larval instar (L2)

2+/−  0.0

1+/−  0.0

26

18

2

3rd larval instar (L3)

8+/−  0.0

5+/−  0.0

104

90

2

Pupal stage

18+/−  0.0

13+/−  0.0

234

234

2

Egg to adult eclosion

32

21

416

396

2

  1. n= 2