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. 2009 Nov 3;106(46):19416–19419. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0904125106

Table 3.

Scores for Evarcha culicivora when tested for effect of switching source-spider diet from blood to lake flies

Test spider Source Spider 1 Source Spider 2 Median score First quartile Third quartile Wilcoxon test
Male Female on blood diet Female on lake-fly diet for 1 day 12.0 0.0 24.0 Z = 3.820, P < 0.001
Female Male on blood diet Male on lake-fly diet for 1 day 5.5 −2.0 22.0 Z = 3.051, P = 0.002
Male Female on lake-fly diet for 1 day Female on lake-fly diet for 14 days 4.0 −7.0 18.0 Z = 2.597, P = 0.009
Female Male on lake-fly diet for 1 day Male on lake-fly diet for 14 days 5.5 −9.0 26.0 Z = 2.635, P = 0.008

All test and source spiders virgins. For each row, n = 50. Score: latency (min) to leave holding chamber when tested with source spider 2 minus latency (min) to leave holding chamber when tested with source spider 1.