Type of diet

Hatch duration (days) ± SD

Hatch rate (%) ± SD

Sex-ratio (M:F) ± SD

Fligth ability (%) ± SD

Diet 1

3.12 ± 0.09^a

89.12 ± 1.48^a

1:0.92 ± 0.04^a

98.59 ± 0.24^a

Diet 2

3.56 ± 0.13^b

97.93 ± 0.35^b

1:1.10 ± 0.04^b

97.63 ± 0.52^a

Probability

0.011*

<0.0001***

0.014*

0.095^NS