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. 2015 Oct 7;6:8525. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9525

Figure 5. In the native habitat, spiders capture and kill but do not ingest the BG1-silenced M. sexta larvae.

Figure 5

To test (a) whether Lyc4 or RGHGL is defensively co-opted by larvae against the natural enemies in the native habitat, (b) EV, irBG1 and irGGPPS plants were grown in the Great Basin Desert, Utah. (c) Diurnal and nocturnal survival (%) of larvae feeding on these plants (n=32 larvae per line). (d) Native C. parallela spider attacking M. sexta larva. (e) Three stages of spider's predation behaviour. Spider's (f) prey capture and killing (%; n=28) and (g) prey ingestion (% of total killed; significant difference (P≤0.05) determined by Fisher's exact test of frequencies; n=28) in a no-choice assay (1 h) on second-instar M. sexta larvae feeding on EV and irBG1 and irGGPPS plants.