FIGURE 2.

Symbiont impact on beetle weight and body water content. (A) Beetle weight is significantly impacted by symbiont status, and symbiotic beetles have a higher wet weight (Ww) and dry weight (Dw) than aposymbiotic beetles. (B) Total body content (wet weight–dry weight) differed significantly between symbiotic (green) and aposymbiotic (gray) beetles. Box plots show the median, 25th and 75th percentiles; the whiskers indicate the values within 1.5 times the interquartile range; the dots show individual aposymbiotic (red) and symbiotic (green) beetles. Asterisks denote significant differences by Wilcoxon rank sum tests: ^**p < 0.01.