Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 3 Effect of different constant temperatures on Chrysomya albiceps pupal average body weight (g), length (mm), and duration (h) (mean ± SE)

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

*Temperature*	*Item*
*Temperature*	Weight	Length	Duration
20 °C	27.50 ± 0.52	7.92 ± 0.06	144.00 ± 1.68
25 °C	48.20 ± 0.25^*	8.78 ± 0.09^*	127.20 ± 1.62^*
30 °C	62.03 ± 0.65^*a	10.33 ± 0.09^*a	115.20 ± 1.28^*a

Data represented as mean ± SE, n = 30. Significance at 0.5 level represented by asterisk (*) as compared with the mean value at 20 °C. ^aSignificance at 0.5 level as compared with the mean value at 25 °C within the same column

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