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Table 3 Number of parasitized larvae of two hosts by Goniozus legneri on no-choice and choice tests

From: Comparative demography, population projection, functional response and host age preference behavior of the parasitoid Goniozus legneri on two lepidopterous insect hosts

Experiment

Hosts

Number of parasitized (mean ± SE)

P value (independent t test)

No choice test

Ephestia kuehniella

Small larvae

23.50 ± 0.98

T = 0.61

P = 0.26

Large larvae

24.50 ± 1.3

 

Ectomyelois ceratoniae

Small larvae

24.40 ± 0.95

T = 2.95

P < 0.01

Large larvae

27.40 ± 0.37

 

Choice test

Ephestia kuehniella

Small larvae

9.80 ± 0.38

T = 5.40

P < 0.0001

Large larvae

13.40 ± 0.54

 

Ectomyelois ceratoniae

Small larvae

9.70 ± 0.58

T = 6.79

P < 0.0001

Large larvae

14 ± 0.26

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