Mating latency (min) and mating duration (min) among three laboratory strains of Mediterranean fruit fly and a wild-type Argentina strain.

Average mating latency or duration ± standard deviation is presented, couples observed are presented in parenthesis. First column for each parameter presents results collected from competitiveness study cages, second column presents results collected from control cages. Within the columns, numbers followed by the same letter do no differ significantly (Tukey-Kramer HSD, α = 0.05).