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H . KLOMP
A. THE VARIABILITY O F FECUNDITY WITHIN ONE
QENERATION
Many studies on insects have shown that adult fecundity is highly
dependent on the degree of development of the fat body in the larvae.
OENSITY OF
0 E G G S
0 LARVAE AUG.-OCT.
1962/63
Q LARVAE I
\ x NYMPHS
-
-
JULY
A U G .
SEPT. O C T . NOV.
APR.
J U M
Fro. 10. Survivorship curves showing the decrease of numbers from the egg to the moth
stage, at high, intermediate, and low density. The numbers plotted have been taken from
the Tables 111, IV, V, VIII, and X. The density of first instar larvae (larvae I) has been
taken from the life tables (see Section V).
H . KLOMP
A. THE VARIABILITY O F FECUNDITY WITHIN ONE
QENERATION
Many studies on insects have shown that adult fecundity is highly
dependent on the degree of development of the fat body in the larvae.
OENSITY OF
0 E G G S
0 LARVAE AUG.-OCT.
1962/63
Q LARVAE I
\ x NYMPHS
-
-
JULY
A U G .
SEPT. O C T . NOV.
APR.
J U M
Fro. 10. Survivorship curves showing the decrease of numbers from the egg to the moth
stage, at high, intermediate, and low density. The numbers plotted have been taken from
the Tables 111, IV, V, VIII, and X. The density of first instar larvae (larvae I) has been
taken from the life tables (see Section V).