Fig. 2.

Feeding rates and capture efficiencies sharply increased as larvae grew. (A) Feeding rate for three age groups, 8, 13, and 23 DPH (corresponding to total lengths of 4.4, 5.9, and 9.8 mm, and Re of 30, 60, and 150, respectively). Letters above each bar represent post hoc test results (Tukey’s HSD, P < 0.01). (B) Capture success was age dependent (linear regression, R² = 0.88, P = 0.05). Capture success was defined as the percentage of strikes in which food remained in the mouth after mouth closing, divided by the total number of feeding attempts (n = 138, with a minimum of 10 attempts per group). Error bars are 95% binomial confidence intervals.