Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 2 Effect of constant temperatures on the average of Chrysomya albiceps larval body length (mm) (mean ± SE) and the onset time of pupa (h) 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*
*Hours*	20 °C	25 °C	30 °C
24	4.59 ± 0.07	4.79 ± 0.07	5.56 ± 0.06^*a
48	7.47 ± 0.07	8.44 ± 0.12^*	8.93 ± 0.15^*a
72	11.87 ± 0.19	13.25 ± 0.65^*	13.38 ± 0.16^*
96	13.12 ± 0.17	13.20 ± 0.14	12.25 ± 0.10^*a
120	11.22 ± 0.15	12.79 ± 0.12^*	-

Data represented as mean ± SE, n = 30. Significance at 0.5 level represented by asterisk (*) as compared with body length at 20 °C; ^a significance at 0.5 level as compared with weight at 25 °C within the same row

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