From: Doug Skrecky (oberon@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Sun Jun 22 2003 - 09:30:41 MDT
This is the 93'rd update of my fly longevity experiments. Average
temperature was 20.6 C during this run. Estimated maximal longevity using
the formula (363 - T*11.2) is 132 days.
In this run oxymol, and sour cherry syrups look somewhat interesting,
while rosewater appears to be toxic.
Run #93 Percent Survival on Day
supplement 3 10 17 22 27 32 38 44 50 55 60 66 72 77
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control 100 83 75 67 58 50 42 38 25 21 8 0 - -
oxymol syrup 1/4 tsp 100 87 70 67 63 60 47 30 23 17 17 0 - -
oxymol syrup 1 tsp 100 92 79 79 79 79 71 58 54 38 29 17 4 0
rosewater 20% 100 73 41 36 23 18 14 5 5 5 0 - - -
rosewater 100% 100 57 24 19 19 19 19 14 0 - - - - -
sour cherry syrup 1/4 tsp 95 90 71 71 62 52 43 33 24 14 5 5 0 -
sour cherry syrup 1 tsp 100 86 82 68 68 68 64 50 45 32 23 14 14 0
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