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. 2021 Nov 17;34(5-6):296–311. doi: 10.1007/s10905-021-09789-7

Table 1.

Information on Galapagos Flycatcher nests filmed in 2015 (using external cameras) and in 2016 (using external and internal cameras)

Nest* 2015 March 2015 June 2016 Jan-Feb**
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