Pupal and adult lengths of the Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens reared in the laboratory on three different diets

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Hermetia illucens individuals were reared at the entomological facilities of the University of Milan (45°28'33.9N, 9°13'39.9E). The Black Soldier Flies (BSFs) used in this work originated from a laboratory stock culture of H. illucens that was retrieved from a compost container in Lombardy, Northern Italy (45°19ʹ54ʺN, 9°05ʹ58ʺE); refer to Jucker et al., 2017, doi:10.1093/ee/nvx154. Insects were reared on three different diets: a full nutrient (FN) diet, composed by 50% wheat germ, 30% alfalfa, and 20% corn flour, to which an equal volume of water was added; a nutrient restriction fruit (NRF) diet formed by mixing fresh apples, pears and oranges (33.3% each); and a nutrient restriction vegetable (NRV) diet composed by fresh green beans, cabbage and lettuce (33% each). In the laboratory, the BSF eggs were transferred into plastic containers (10.5 × 5 cm), with metal mesh to allow air exchange. To each of the containers one of the diets (FN, NRF or NRV) was added for a total of 3 containers per diet. These containers were kept in a climate chamber under controlled conditions (temperature: 25°C ± 0.5°C; relative humidity: 60% ± 5%; photoperiod: 12:12 light:dark). The larvae were provided ad libitum access to the three diets. Emerging pupae were transferred into three different cages according with the feeding diet and without additional food sources (FN, NRF and NRV) until the eclosion of adults. The lengths of 60 pupae, adult males and females were deremined (WHEN AND HOW?).

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.939676
Related Identifier https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.939683
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvx154
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.939676
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Creator Marasco, Ramona ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2024
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 3780 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (9.099 LON, 45.332 LAT); Lombardy, Italy
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z