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

Table 3 Details of timing of initiation and duration of different developmental stages in C. paria.

Regimes	Number of colonies	Stages	Initiation of stage in days (mean ± SD)	Duration of stage in days (mean ± SD)
LL	13	L0	N/A	23.28 ± 0.72
	13	L1	23.28 ± 0.72	04.80 ± 1.41
	13	L2	28.09 ± 1.78	03.33 ± 1.06
	13	L3	31.42 ± 2.02	06.86 ± 2.17
	11	P	38.29 ± 3.05	19.81 ± 2.16
	11	M	58.11 ± 2.46	N/A
LD	8	L0	N/A	23.08 ± 0.66
	8	L1	23.08 ± 0.66	05.70 ± 0.56
	8	L2	28.79 ± 0.79	02.62 ± 0.43
	8	L3	31.41 ± 0.97	06.94 ± 1.41
	6	P	38.35 ± 1.24	26.92 ± 1.83
	6	M	65.27 ± 2.08	N/A
DD	19	L0	N/A	36.09 ± 3.81
	19	L1	36.09 ± 3.81	05.88 ± 0.41
	19	L2	41.97 ± 3.83	06.54 ± 1.47
	19	L3	48.52 ± 4.38	08.08 ± 1.23
	9	P	56.60 ± 4.25	33.22 ± 3.50
	9	M	89.82 ± 3.60	N/A

Details of the timing of initiation and the duration of different development stages in C. paria, under three different light regimes. Other details as in Table 2.

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