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. 2015 May 13;10(5):e0124746. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124746

Table 1. House fly attraction to plant materials infested with honeydew-producing insects.

Treatment Control Treatment mean captures ± SEM Control mean captures ± SEM P-value % Response to treatment Reps
Citrus mealybug on squash Nothing 13.68 ± 0.99 7.21 ± 0.48 p < 0.0001 65.5 28*
Citrus mealybug on squash Uninfested squash 19.1 ± 1.34 12.6 ± 0.87 p = 0.0028 60.3 16
Uninfested squash Nothing 8.75 ± 1.29 9.88 ± 1.38 p = 0.62 47.0 8
Needle-damaged squash Uninfested squash 9.57 ± 2.77 8.43 ± 1.65 p = 0.79 53.2 7*
Pea aphid on faba bean plant Faba bean plant, not infested 18.4 ± 1.34 10.3 ±1.26 p = 0.012 64.1 8

Fifty female flies were used per replicate, with 8 replicates per 24 hr bioassay period. Data were analyzed with ANOVA for the first comparison and by paired t-test for the remaining comparisons within each row. “% Response to treatment” is the total number of house flies captured on the treatment over the total flies captured on both treatment and control.

*Indicates that 1 or more replicates were discarded due to a cage failure allowing flies to access the test material within a beaker.