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Table 2 Details of timing of initiation and duration of different developmental stages in C. compressus.

From: Exposure to light enhances pre-adult fitness in two dark-dwelling sympatric species of ants

Regimes

Number of colonies

Stages

Initiation of the stage in days

(mean ± SD)

Duration of the stage in days

(mean ± SD)

LL

11

L0

N/A

22.08 ± 0.25

 

11

L1

22.08 ± 0.25

03.25 ± 0.91

 

11

L2

25.33 ± 0.85

04.50 ± 0.69

 

11

L3

29.83 ± 1.21

05.81 ± 1.84

 

11

P

35.64 ± 2.53

22.16 ± 1.84

 

11

M

57.81 ± 3.41

N/A

LD

20

L0

N/A

22.61 ± 0.68

 

20

L1

22.61 ± 0.68

03.61 ± 0.45

 

20

L2

26.23 ± 0.79

04.06 ± 1.34

 

19

L3

30.29 ± 1.66

10.81 ± 1.75

 

18

P

41.10 ± 2.36

23.84 ± 3.37

 

18

M

64.94 ± 3.36

N/A

DD

23

L0

N/A

34.58 ± 4.39

 

23

L1

34.58 ± 4.39

05.68 ± 0.49

 

23

L2

40.27 ± 4.28

06.52 ± 1.47

 

21

L3

46.79 ± 3.49

11.83 ± 2.08

 

18

P

58.62 ± 3.96

32.91 ± 3.58

 

18

M

91.53 ± 4.20

N/A

  1. Details of the timing of initiation and the duration of different developmental stages in C. compressus, under three light regimes. The pre-adult stages are indicated as L0 (pre-hatching), L1 (1st instar), L2 (2nd instar), 3rd instar (3rd instar), P (pupal stage) and M (emergence). N/A refers to data not available.