Fig. 7. (A) Setting metabolic rate. Percent of total metabolic rate (MR; given as µJ individual^-1 h^-1) for different developmental stages of L. pictus accounted for by protein synthesis and sodium pump activity (data on Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase taken from Leong and Manahan, 1997). (B) Protein depositional efficiency. Rate of protein deposition (solid line) calculated from data on total protein content (see equation in legend of Fig. 2A). Rate of protein synthesis (broken line) calculated from protein synthesis rate (see equation in legend of Fig. 4). Rate of protein degradation during development (dotted line) calculated as difference between rates of synthesis and deposition. All rates were calculated on a per-larva basis. For 15-day-old larvae, the depositional efficiency was 21%.