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Table 2 Proportion of F1 female progeny obtained from field-collected females of Phortica variegata and Phortica oldenbergi according to the sampling day

From: Laboratory breeding of two Phortica species (Diptera: Drosophilidae), vectors of the zoonotic eyeworm Thelazia callipaeda

Collection date

Phortica variegata (%)

Phortica oldenbergi (%)

28/05/2020

60

72

04/06/2020

50

na

12/06/2020

53

47

19/06/2020

59

52

02/07/2020

43

61

09/07/2020

49

50

13/08/2020

66

na

27/08/2020

62

46

03/09/2020

44

88

10/09/2020

76

39

15/09/2020

 na

48

Mean proportion

56

56

  1. na no progeny was obtained