Psyche: A Journal of Entomology / 2012 / Article / Tab 6 / Research Article
Competition for Aphid Prey between Different Lady Beetle Species in a Laboratory Arena Table 6 Additional significant correlations between aphid consumption, prey discovery time, aggression delivered, and aggression received by lady beetles in trials (
). Nonnative species are printed in bold font.
Correlation between: And: Aphid consumption Aphid consumption r P C. septempunctata C. trifasciata −0.9049 0.0002 C. trifasciata H. convergens −0.7356 0.0127 C. maculata H. axyridis −0.7098 0.0112 C. septempunctata H. convergens −0.8195 0.0053 H. axyridis H. convergens −0.9133 0.0003 H. axyridis P. quatuordecimpunctata −0.8497 0.0020 Prey discovery time Prey discovery time r P C. septempunctata C. trifasciata −0.7653 0.0085 C. septempunctata H. convergens −0.8138 0.0030 H. convergens P. quatuordecimpunctata −0.7001 0.0143 Aphid consumption Prey discovery time r P C. trifasciata C. septempunctata 0.8350 0.0017 C. septempunctata H. convergens 0.7069 0.0002 C. septempunctata C. trifasciata 0.7665 0.0112 H. convergens C. septempunctata 0.8344 0.0022 P. quatuordecimpunctata H. variegata 0.7107 0.0088 Aphid consumption Aggression delivered towards r P C. maculata C. trifasciata 0.7994 0.0063 H. convergens H. axyridis 0.7327 0.0029 Aphid consumption Aggression received from r P C. septempunctata P. quatuordecimpunctata −0.7812 0.0080 Prey discovery time Aggression delivered towards r P C. maculata C. septempunctata 0.9225 <0.0001 Prey discovery time Aggression received from r P C. maculata C. septempunctata 0.8511 0.0017 H. convergens C. maculata 0.8370 0.0002 C. septempunctata P. quatuordecimpunctata 0.8392 0.0028 Aggression delivered by or Aggression received by r P C. trifasciata C. trifasciata 0.7003 0.0004