Table 1.

Effects of host plant nitrogen input (high vs. low) and water input (high vs. low) on feeding behavior of M. pygmaeus in the presence or absence of prey. Factorial ANOVAs were performed. Bold text indicates significant effects

Plant‐ versus prey feeding assay in microcosm	Presence of prey				Absence of prey
	Plant feeding rate		Prey feeding rate		Plant feeding rate
Source of variation	F 1,16	P values	F 1,16	P values	F 1,16	P values
Nitrogen	0.64	0.43	0.00	0.96	0.15	0.69
Water	10.50	0.00	4.87	0.04	0.15	0.70
Nitrogen × water	0.53	0.47	0.25	0.62	0.27	0.60