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Figure 3-1: Mean daily egg production of M. diocles females in relation to body weight (RS = 0.43; N = 49;
P < 0.01). The solid line represents the trendline for y = 3.6308 x – 3.89444. Zero counts were eliminated (see
Methods).
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Figure 3-2: Hatching phenology of M. diocles nymphs (N = 1958).