Table 2. Non-sequential and sequential EPG variables of adults of P. spumarius (males and females) on olive.
Time is expressed in minutes.
| Females on olive | ||||||||
| Waveform | Non sequentials | Sequentials | ||||||
| n | NWEI | WDEI | WDI | Time for a certain event to occur | mean±se (min-max) | |||
| mean±se | min-max | mean±se | mean±se | min-max | ||||
| np | 20 | 4.4±0.64 | 1–11 | 19.1±9.66 | 51.14±12.8 | 2.9–199.5 | Time to first Xc from the beginning of the EPG | 17.23±4.12 (2.3–74) |
| C | 20 | 6.15±0.99 | 1–16 | 2.47±0.37 | 10.52±1.9 | 0.7–28.7 | Time to first Xi from the beginning of the EPG | 21.91±4.24 (4.2–75.5) |
| Xc | 20 | 2.85±0.49 | 1–7 | 1.49±0.32 | 4.74±0.83 | 0.9–16.1 | Time to first Xc from the beginning of the probe | 8.74±3.35 (0.9–63.8) |
| Xi | 20 | 8.55±1.27 | 3–29 | 150.66±36.02 | 311.81±27.37 | 86–463 | Time to first Xi from the beginning of the probe | 13.41±3.59 (2.4–65.2) |
| N | 20 | 20.3±2.07 | 2–35 | 0.2±0.02 | 4.25± 0.68 | 0.15–8.73 | Time to the first Xi>10min from the beginning of the EPG | 39.52±7.049 (4.3–129) |
| R | 20 | 7.25±1.35 | 1–29 | 26.62±5.27 | 101.76±21.91 | 3–318.3 | Time to the first Xi>10min from the beginning of the probe | 31.02±7.23 (3.2–127.8) |
| Males on olive | ||||||||
| Waveform | Non sequentials | Sequentials | ||||||
| n | NWEI | WDEI | WDI | Time for a certain event to occur | mean±se (min-max) | |||
| mean±se | min-max | mean±se | mean±se | min-max | ||||
| np | 15 | 4.46±0.82 | 1–13 | 26.99±6.09 | 108.20±29.99 | 1.4–356.3 | Time to first Xc from the beginning of the EPG | 31.3±6.09 (2.50–71.3) |
| C | 15 | 6.26±1.56 | 1–24 | 3.53±0.70 | 17.39±5.96 | 1–81.7 | Time to first Xi from the beginning of the EPG | 43.29±8.08 (5.70–90.50) |
| Xc | 15 | 2.6±0.61 | 1–10 | 1.81±0.59 | 4.94±1.09 | 0.9–17.8 | Time to first Xc from the beginning of the probe | 10.98±4.26 (1–65.60) |
| Xi | 15 | 10.8±1.67 | 2–22 | 113.2±36.42 | 199±29.88 | 15.6–404.2 | Time to first Xi from the beginning of the probe | 23±7.06 (2.5–83.8) |
| N | 15 | 14.4±2.37 | 3–34 | 0.25±0.02 | 3.6±0.77 | 0.9–9.43 | Time to the first Xi>10min from the beginning of the EPG | 67.57±7.98 (9.1–107) |
| R | 15 | 10.47±1.74 | 1–22 | 60.69±15.9 | 150.5±27.33 | 20.8–401.4 | Time to the first Xi>10min from the beginning of the probe | 47.27±7.56 (9–105.8) |
NWEI: number of waveform events per insect; WDI: waveform duration per insect; n: number of insects performing the waveform out of the total tested (20 females on olive, 15 males on olive, 13 individuals for vetch).