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Table 1 Effect of constant temperatures on the average of Chrysomya albiceps larval body weight (mg) (mean ± SE) at different durations

From: Development of Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from the Jazan region of Southwest Saudi Arabia under different laboratory temperatures: applications in forensic entomology

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

  1. 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