A walk on the wild side: gut bacteria fed to mass-reared larvae of Queensland fruit fly [Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt)] influence development

Table 2 Emergence and flight ability of adult Bactrocera tryoni fed bacteria supplements in the larval diet

Bacteria group/combination	Mean emergence (%)	Standard error	Mean fliers (%)	Standard error
Asaia sp.	95a	2	91a	2
Enterobacter sp.	98a	1	93a	4
Lactobacillus sp.	98a	1	96a	2
Leuconostoc sp.	98a	1	96a	1
Blend	96a	1	93a	2
Control (no added bacteria)	97a	1	93a	3

Within each column, values followed by the same letter are not significantly different from one another (p > 0.05)

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