|
Hours
|
Temperature
|
|---|
|
20 °C
|
25 °C
|
30 °C
|
|---|
|
24
|
2.30 ± 0.15
|
3.00 ± 0.06
|
5.00 ± 0.09*a
|
|
48
|
9.40 ± 0.35
|
12.40 ± 0.22*
|
30.20 ± 0.37*a
|
|
72
|
36.60 ± 0.52
|
49.00 ± 0.39*
|
85.30 ± 0.22*a
|
|
96
|
43.03 ± 0.34
|
79.60 ± 0.78*
|
78.00 ± 0.36*a#
|
|
120
|
39.77 ± 0.23#
|
71.90 ± 0.84*#
|
Pupation
|
|
144
|
Pupation
|
Pupation
|
-
|
|
Onset time of pupa (h)
|
144
|
124
|
120
|
- Data represented as mean ± SE, n = 30. Significance at 0.5 level represented by asterisk (*) as compared with weight at 20 °C. aSignificance at 0.5 level as compared with weight at 25 °C within the same row. #Comparison between the weight at 120 h with that at 96 h (at 20 °C and 25 °C) and between the weight at 96 h with that at 72 h (at 30 °C) within the same column
