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. 2016 Mar 16;11(3):e0150275. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150275

Table 2. Occurrence of successful egg parasitism by species, with tests for differences among habitats, including both fresh and frozen sentinel eggs.

EGG MASSES EGGS
PARASITOID SPECIES Soy Apple Woods PA for difference among habitats Soy Apple Woods
Anastatus reduvii 1 2 0 0.0658 NS 1 38 0
Telenomus podisi 4 0 0 0.0091 ** 16 0 0
Trissolcus euschisti 0 2 10 < 0.0001 *** 0 26 160
Trissolcus brochymenae 0 0 4 0.0354 * 0 0 17
Trissolcus japonicus 0 0 6 0.0036 ** 0 0 131
 both native Trissolcus spp. 0 2 14 < 0.0001 *** 0 26 177
 all natives 5 4 14 0.0295 * 17 64 177
 all species emerged 5 4 20 0.0037 ** 17 64 308
 unemerged parasitoids 16 4 8 185 84 132
Observed rate of parasitism 10.2% 7.6% 22.8%
Marginal rate of parasitism 14.6% 9.4% 26.5%
Predation 19 11 10 0.0858 NS 360 240 149
Undetermined mortality 14 17 14 235 153 121
TOTAL Sentinel Egg masses / Eggs 78 78 78 1976 1960 1928

NS = not significant;

* P<0.05;

** 0.001<P<0.05;

*** P<0.001 by Fisher exact test for egg masses, using n = 117 egg masses minus number completely predated