Diet Affects the Temperature–Size Relationship in the Blowfly Aldrichina grahami

Author:

Yan Guanjie1ORCID,Li Dandan1ORCID,Wang Guangshuai2,Wu Lingbing3

Affiliation:

1. Henan International Joint Laboratory of Insect Biology, Henan Key Laboratory of Insect Biology in Funiu Mountain, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China

2. Farmland Irrigation Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences/Shangqiu Station of National Field Agro-Ecosystem Experimental Network, Shangqiu 476000, China

3. School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Renmin Road 58, Haikou 570228, China

Abstract

In warmer environments, most ectotherms exhibit a plastic reduction in body size (the temperature–size rule, TSR). However, in such environments, growth is usually accelerated and would be expected to result in maturation at a larger body size, leading to increases in fecundity, survival, and mating success, compared to maturation at a smaller size (the ‘life-history puzzle’). To explore these mechanisms, we reared Aldrichina grahami at 20 °C, 25 °C, and 30 °C, and added a nutritional challenge by using dilutions of pork liver paste to provide diets that ranged in quality from high (undiluted) to moderate (1/8), low (1/16), and poor (1/24). Larvae were randomly sampled for weighing from hatching. Growth curves were fitted to the relationships between growth rate and weight for the third instar larvae. Our results showed that body size was affected by an interaction between temperature and diet, and that following or not following the TSR can vary depending on underfeeding. Moreover, when the TSR was followed as temperature increased, there was a cross-over point that divided the two growth curves into early and later stages, which could be used to help understand the life-history puzzle in warmer temperatures, with the instantaneous growth rate being faster in the early stages of development and then slower in later stages. This study reminds us that animals have evolved to cope with multiple simultaneous environmental changes, and it has thus offered a better understanding of life-history puzzles.

Funder

Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund

Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China

National Natural Science Foundation of China

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program

Science and technology in Henan Province

Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Nanyang Normal University

Publisher

MDPI AG

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