Table 1.

Prey consumption by T. amboinensis larvae feeding on conventional or gnotobiotic A. aegypti larvae. The total number of T. amboinensis larvae assayed for each treatment group is listed in the first column. The number of prey consumed by each instar was tracked daily until at least one individual had pupated in a treatment cohort. Mean values (±s.e.) are shown. Separate ANOVA analyses were performed for each instar. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments (Tukey–Kramer HSD test, p < 0.05). ANOVA detected no differences between treatments for either first (F_2,219 = 2.012, p = 0.136) or fourth instars (F_2,97 = 1.062, p = 0.350).

	N	first instar	second instar	third instar	fourth instar
Comamonas	200	10.00 ± 0.00	14.72 ± 0.21A	18.87 ± 0.19A	31.65 ± 1.23
E. coli	368	10.06 ± 0.03	14.93 ± 0.12A	18.28 ± 0.15A	29.92 ± 1.00
conventional	198	10.00 ± 0.00	14.00 ± 0.17B	17.51 ± 0.24B	29.21 ± 0.42