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Table 7. The number of pupae, the per cent pupation, the numerical and 

 per cent emergence, and the larval viability of Ophyra 

 asnescens reared in fortified and unfortified larval diets. 



Rep 



Number of 

 Pupae 



Pupat ion 



Numer ica 1 

 Emergence 



% 



Emergence 



Larval 

 Viabil ityU) 3 









Fort 



•r- , rv- b 



1 f 1 ed D 1 et 







1 



41/60° 



63.3 





33Ai d 



92.7 



63-3 



2 



34/60 



56.1 





30/3^ 



88.2 



60.0 



3 



33/60 



55.0 





31/33 



93-9 



5K7 



k 



29/60 



48.3 





27/29 



93.1 



45.0 



137/240 57.1 126/137 92.0 52.5 









Unfort 



i f ied Diet 







1 



2/60 





3.3 



1/2 



50.0 



1.7 



2 



5/60 





8.3 



3/5 



60.0 



5.0 



3 



3/60 





5.0 



3/3 



100.0 



5.0 



k 



4/60 





6.7 



2/4 



50.0 



3-3 





14/240 





5.8 



9/14 



65.7 



3.8 



a 



, nurr 

 Fnus =; 



iber 



of adul ts v 



100 







number of pupae 



' CSMA™, horn fly dry mix (Greer, 1 975) -~960g wheat flour, 720g 

 fish meal, 120g Na 2 C0 3 , 400g alfalfa meal; plus water. 



C Represents the number of pupae that formed from 60 first-instar 

 0. aenesaens larvae. 



Represents the number of adults that eclosed from the respective 

 number of pupae shown in column 2. 



e CSMA (Ralston-Pur ina) plus water. 



