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Table 5 Effects of diet, sex and interaction between diet and sex on pupa-fly duration time and fly lifespan

From: Isoenergetic-practical and semi-purified diets for protein requirement determination in Hermetia illucens larvae: consequences on life history traits

Parameters

Diet (D)

Sex (S)

SEM

P-value

CP10

CP14

CP16

CP19

F

M

D

S

D

S

D x S

P-F

7.04

7.02

7.29

6.72

7.19

6.84

0.281

0.218

0.090

0.248

0.365

FLS

9.01

8.43

8.45

9.36

8.36

9.27

0.342

0.314

0.211

0.035

0.001

  1. Legend: CP10 10% CP substrate, CP14 14% CP substrate, CP16 16% CP substrate, CP19 19% CP substrate, GA Gainesville diet, P-F pupa-fly duration time, FLS fly lifespan, SEM standard error of the mean