Table 3 Percent ± SE* black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, egg deposition in oviposition sites inoculated with differing egg treatments using conspecific eggs

From: Bacteria Mediate Oviposition by the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (L.), (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

 

Sterile†

Non-Sterile

H2O Rinse‡

No Eggs

 

(T1)

(T2)

(C1)

(C2)

Eggs Deposited1

18.6 ± 1.6a

39.2 ± 2.4b

34.8 ± 2.8b

7.4 ± 2.9c

  1. 1Treatments with the same letter are not significantly different (P < 0.05: Tukey's Post-hoc Pairwise comparisons).
  2. *Twelve replicate experiments; †Eggs sterilized with Sporgon®; ‡Eggs rinsed once with sterile water.
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