Table 2.

Mortality of waxmoth ( Galleria mellonella ), housefly ( Musca domestica ), mealworm ( Tenebrio molitor ) and black vine weevil ( Otiorhynchus sulcatus ) larvae following inoculation with fungal isolates Geomyces I (IMI 403329), Geomyces II (IMI 403320), Mortierella signyensis (IMI 398111) and Mortierella alpina (IMI 403255)

Inoculation		Isolate	Mortality%*
			Galleria mellonella	Musca domestica	Tenebrio molitor	Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Dipping		Geomyces I	35.0 ± 8.7a	-	-	-
		Geomyces II	32.5 ± 4.8a	-	-	-
		Mortierella signyensis	12.6 ± 6.3a	-	-	-
		control	20.0 ± 4.1a	-	-	-
Injection		Geomyces I	8.3 ± 3.3a	29.2 ± 6.8a	10.0 ± 2.4a	-
		Geomyces II	1.7 ± 1.2ab	26.7 ± 6.5a	8.8 ± 2.0a	-
		Mortierella signyensis	94.2 ± 2.8c	62.5 ± 7.4b	67.5 ± 4.1b	-
		control	5.0 ± 3.2ab	15.0 ± 3.9a	7.5 ± 2.2a	-
Soil		Mortierella signyensis	0.4 ± 6.1a	38.3 ± 3.0a	-	6.0 ± 3.1a
		Mortierella alpina	50.7 ± 9.8b	33.0 ± 4.4a	-	2.0 ± 2.0a
		control	0.8 ± 0.6a	33.7 ± 0.7a	-	12.0 ± 6.1a
Baiting	food	Mortierella signyensis	-	34.7 ± 7.1ab	-	-
		Mortierella alpina	-	50.7 ± 7.1b	-	-
		control	-	25.3 ± 9.3ab	-	-
Baiting**	no food	Mortierella signyensis	-	6.7 ± 1.3a	-	-
		Mortierella alpina	-	9.3 ± 5.3a	-	-
		control	-	8.0 ± 4.6a	-	-

- = trial not done for this species; *mortality of Musca domestica was a function of non-emergence from puparia; **insects exposed to soil + fungus, with absence of food source (final fungal load may differ between dishes).

Inoculation was via dipping, injection, soil treatment and baiting. All trials were run at 10°C. Mortality was assessed after 5 d for injected insects and 4 wk for soil inoculation. For each insect and for each inoculation method, figures with the same letter within each column are not significantly different (P > 0.05).