TABLE 2.

Mean percentages (± SEM) of L. bonariensis feeding on three Lolium grass cultivars in the absence (control) or presence of M. hyperodae.

Lolium grass cultivars		Manawa (Diploid hybrid)		Tama (Tetraploid L. multiflorum)		Samson (Diploid L. perenne)		LSD (5%)
Microctonus hyperodae treatment		Parasitoid absent	Parasitoid present	Parasitoid absent	Parasitoid present	Parasitoid absent	Parasitoid present	Range of values (min – max)
Mean percent of L. bonariensis feeding (± SEM)	Observation period 1	38.7 ± 5.0a	21.5 ± 4.1b	40.0 ± 4.6a	28.7 ± 4.3ab	34.7 ± 4.4a	30.3 ± 4.3ab	11.8 – 13.5
	Observation period 2	41.7 ± 4.9a	19.8 ± 3.8c	37.3 ± 4.4ab	30.9 ± 4.4abc	27.3 ± 4.1bc	20.5 ± 3.8c	10.7 – 13.2
	Observation period 3	34.9 ± 5.1a	17.4 ± 4.0bc	31.3 ± 4.7a	23.3 ± 4.3ab	29.0 ± 4.9ab	10.8 ± 3.3c	10.4 – 14.1
	Observation period 4	32.8 ± 5.4ab	14.5 ± 4.0c	38.2 ± 5.7a	19.3 ± 4.4bc	37.3 ± 5.4a	13.1 ± 4.0c	11.3 – 15.7

Reading horizontally, means with no letters in common differ significantly (P < 0.05). Letters were assigned as in Table 1.