Egg hatch rate, larvae length, and larvae wet and dry weight, all model outcomes, R scripts

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Small hive beetles were maintained under controlled temperature, humidity and light conditions. Seven-day-old adult females were assigned to one of four diets: control, protein-supplemented, sugar-supplemented, or pollen-supplemented, with six replicate containers and 20 females per treatment. After seven days of dietary exposure, females were mated with males for two days, after which 20 eggs were collected from each replicate and monitored for five days to determine hatching success. Three randomly selected larvae from each replicate were then measured for body length using ImageJ and weighed for wet mass using a precision balance. The effects of maternal diet on egg hatching, larval length and larval weight were compared statistically among the four diet treatments.