Successful reproduction of the ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis from the perspective of variation of micropyles and reproductive performance under delayed mating conditions.xlsx

Micropyles in insects are small openings that allow sperm entry into, and the number was usually decreased on unfertilized and (or) undeveloped eggs. However, reports showed that Harmonia axyridis, a reproductive success model, deposited similar number of micropyles on undeveloped and developing eggs. Thus, it was confusing whether micropyles in H. axyridis were unaffected.The data provided in this article were from two experiments: delayed mating experiments and crossing experiments of HAM (mutant type) and HAW (wild type). In the first experiment, the data including number of micropyles, egg production in each day, average egg production as well as hatch rate in 10 days from different periods of delayed mating experiments; in the second experiment, the number of micropyles in the four crosses were listed. These results informed us new knowledge about the variation of micropyle in insects and how successful the reproduction of H. axyridis is.