Table 2 Reported ideal conditions for E. muscae across life-stages

Temperature

~ 20 °C (Watson and Peterson 1993; Kalsbeek et al. 2001a, b)

21 °C (Carruthers and Haynes 1986)

21 °C (Madeira 1998)

Humidity

20–100% (Mullens et al. 1987; Watson and Peterson 1993; Madeira 1998)

Saturating humidity (Kramer 1980a, b; Carruthers and Haynes 1986)

Saturating humidity (Carruthers and Haynes 1985)

Host age

N/A

N/A

Young (Drosophila: 0–6 d post-eclosion) (Elya et al. 2018; Mullens 1985)

Host genotype

N/A

N/A

Unknown host genetic factors (Wang et al. 2020)

Host density

N/A

N/A

High (Carruthers et al. 1985)