Traits

Male (♂)

Female (♀)

t

df

Wet weight (mg/fly)

1.72 ± 0.04

1.88 ± 0.05

2.79

55.50 **

Dry weight (mg/fly)

0.55 ± 0.01

0.82 ± 0.02

9.92

43.71 ***

Total water content (mg/fly)

1.17 ± 0.05

1.06 ± 0.04

1.81

57.40 ns

^#Cuticular Lipids (μg mg⁻¹ fly⁻¹)

11.12 ± 0.43

11.10 ± 0.91

0.02

41.26 ns

^$Carbohydrates (μg mg⁻¹ fly⁻¹)

150.00 ± 2.65

122.00 ± 2.02

8.41

54.18 ***

^$Total body protein (μg mg⁻¹ fly⁻¹)

129.60 ± 2.90

146.30 ± 4.33

3.20

50.64 **

^#Total body lipids (μg mg⁻¹ fly⁻¹)

100.10 ± 2.89

130.40 ± 1.96

8.70

51.08 ***

^$Total body proline (μg mg⁻¹ fly⁻¹)

8.04 ± 0.22

10.09 ± 0.18

7.28

55.49 ***