Table 1. Numbers of grasshoppers that were infected with Diptera and/or Nematoda parasites from 2007 to 2011.
Year | Total N K. tristis | Overall Diptera prevalence (%) | Overall Nematoda Prevalence (%) | N females | Female pronotum mm±SD | N females with Diptera (%) | N females with Nematoda (%) | N males | Male pronotum mm±SD | N males with Diptera (%) | N males with Nematoda (%) | N infected subadults (Diptera, Nematoda) |
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2007 | 28 | 3 (11) | 6 (21) | 15 | 4.76±0.27 | 2 (13) | 5 (33) | 12 | 3.55±0.28 | 1 (8) | 1 (8) | 1 (0) |
2008 | 169 | 21 (12) | 16 (10) | 40 | 4.89±0.45 | 7 (18) | 0 (0) | 129 | 3.66±0.30 | 14 (11) | 16 (12) | 0 (0) |
2009 | 101 | 1 (2) | 10 (10) | 47 | 4.07±0.89 | 0 (0) | 7 (15) | 52 | 3.56±0.23 | 1 (2) | 3 (6) | 0 (0) |
2010 | 145 | 9 (6) | 11[12] (8) | 30 | 4.51±0.33 | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 115 | 3.72±0.28 | 8 (7) | 10 (9) | 0 (0) |
2011 | 199 | 15 (8) | 7 (4) | 20 | 4.83±0.47 | 2 (10) | 1 (2) | 77 | 3.42±0.29 | 7 (9) | 2 (3) | 10 (6, 4) |
Total | 640 | 49 (8) | 50 (8) | 152 | 4.61±0.34 | 12 (8) | 14 (9) | 385 | 3.58±0.12 | 32 (8) | 32 (8) | 11 (3) |
Overall numbers of infected individuals are presented, as well as numbers of females and males infected and their pronotum length (proxy for body size). Final row provides total counts for prevalence and averages for pronotum sizes.