Table 1.
Nest* | 2015 March | 2015 June | 2016 Jan-Feb** |
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Video recordings | |||
Hours of recording (EX) Hours of recording (IN) Number of days filmed (EX) (IN) |
169 (N) - 12 (N) |
67 (N) - 6 (N) |
78 (I)/ 165 (N)/ 142 (PF) 233 (I)/ 318 (N)/ 329 (PF) 12 (I)/18 (N) /14 (PF) 11 (I)/18 (N) /17 (PF) |
Bird information | |||
Number of eggs | n/a | n/a | 4 |
Number of nestlings | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Number of dead nestlings Number of fledglings |
0 3 |
3 0 |
0 4 |
Fly information | |||
Number of visits by flies to nest (EX) | 44 | 107 | 9 (I)/ 161 (N)/ 6 (PF) |
Mean fly visits per day filmed | 3.70 ± SE 1.84 | 17.80 ± 2.86 | 0.75 ± 0.37 (I)/ 9.00 ± 2.53(N)/ 0.36 ± 0.23 (PF) |
Highest number flies in nest at one time | 1 | 5 | 11 |
Total P. downsi found in nest: | 87 | 135 | 114 |
1st instar larvae | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2nd instar larvae | 6 | 13 | 0 |
3rd instar larvaea | 2 | 38 | 0 |
Unemerged pupariab | 77 | 77 | 0 |
Empty puparia | 2 | 3 | 114 |
See Supplementary Tables 1 and 2 for a summary of the amount of time spent filming. * (EX) = external nest camera, (IN) = internal nest camera. ** (I) = Incubation phase, (N) = Nestling phase, (PF) = Post-fledging phase
a Larvae pupated and emerged in laboratory setting
b For the June 2016 nest, 18 puparia were parasitized with emergence hole sizes common to Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) or Exoristobia (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitoids