Claim · model-written summary
Apterous aphids passed through four instars.
- Outcome
- four instarse0
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e0“Apterous aphids completed development from nymph to adult in ≈8 d and passed through four instars”
Title
Development, Longevity, and Fecundity ofSipha flava(Homoptera: Aphididae) Feeding onSorghum bicolor
Matthew Hentz; Gregg Nuessly Environmental Entomology 2004. doi:10.1603/0046-225x-33.3.546
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Observation Antennal length best indicated the instar of apterous aphids.
- Observation Apterous aphids completed nymph-to-adult development in about eight days.
- Observation Apterous females were larger than alates.
- Observation Apterous females weighed more than alates.
- Observation Both morphs survived 21 days during reproduction.
- Observation Apterous aphids produced 54.3 nymphs over their life.
- Observation Alate aphids produced 48.2 nymphs over their life.
- Observation During the first eight reproductive days, apterous adults produced 3.3 nymphs per day.
- Observation During the first eight reproductive days, alates produced 2.3 nymphs per day.
- Observation In the following eight days, apterous nymphal production fell to 2.7 per day.
- Observation In the following eight days, alate nymphal production rose to 2.9 per day.
- Observation Estimated intrinsic natural increase of apterous aphids was 0.314.
- Observation At zero nymph mortality, net reproductive rate of alates was 45.80.
- Observation At zero nymph mortality, net reproductive rate of apterous adults was 53.09.
- Observation At 21% nymph mortality, net reproductive rate of alates was 36.3.
- Observation At 21% nymph mortality, net reproductive rate of apterous adults was 41.9.