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Table 2 Summary of length and volume of oviposition tunnels, number of vascular bundles cut, and number of eggs laid

From: Nondestructive evaluation of oviposition behavior of the bamboo powderpost beetle, Dinoderus minutus, using X-ray computed tomography and acoustic emission

 

Tunnels bored until the end of oviposition

Tunnels bored until death

Number of vascular bundles cut during oviposition perioda

Total number of eggs laid

Number of eggs laid per vascular bundle

Length (mm)

Volume (mm3)

Length (mm)

Volume (mm3)

Range

31.4–209.8

57.8–330.1

32.3–214.1

59.4–337.5

61.5–404.5

62–504

0.48–1.74

Mean ± SD

112.4 ± 49.8

171.1 ± 75.6

116.4 ± 52.1

177.2 ± 78.9

213.3 ± 103.1

253.1 ± 125.3

1.23 ± 0.41

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aOne vascular bundle was deemed equivalent to two metaxylem vessels