Table 5 Number of invader infective juveniles (IJs) per Galleria mellonella larva, percentage of penetration efficacy, emergence time and offspring (number of IJs) at 20 °C and different doses of Steinernema feltiae LR

10

2.4 ± 1.7 a^x

24 ± 16.7 a

13.5 ± 5.7 a

64,919.3 ± 41,294.8 a

20

6.6 ± 1.8 b

33 ± 9.1 a

12 ± 1.7 a

79,130.2 ± 16,801.7 ab

40

10 ± 5.2 bc

25 ± 13.3 a

11.2 ± 0.5 a

95,787.8 ± 18,570.1 abc

80

20.8 ± 3.9 d

26.4 ± 4.8 a

11.4 ± 0.6 a

90,316.2 ± 8542.4 abc

120

40.8 ± 17.3 de

34 ± 14.3 a

11 ± 0.7 a

106,152 ± 13,569.3 c

240

118.8 ± 46.8 f

49.6 ± 19.6 a

11.2 ± 1.5 a

86,240 ± 67,172 abc