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

Table 5 Morphological measurements at different developmental stages of Camponotus ants.

		Length (L) and Breadth (B) in millimeters
Species	Parameter	Egg (min- max)	1st instar (min- max)	2nd instar (min- max)	3rd instar (min- max)	Pupal stage (min- max)
C. compressus	Length (L)	1.00–1.20	1.05–1.35	1.40–2.00	2.00–5.00	05.5–7.00
	Breadth (B)	0.47–0.60	0.50–0.65	0.55–0.75	0.85–1.40	2.00–3.00
C. paria	Length (L)	0.90–1.20	1.00–1.30	1.35–2.00	2.00–4.50	5.00–5.20
	Breadth (B)	0.45–0.57	0.50–0.60	0.55–0.60	0.85–1.30	1.70–1.90

Morphological data of ants at different stages of their pre-adult development. Other details as in Table 2.

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