Plant Feeding in an Omnivorous Mirid, Dicyphus hesperus: Why Plant Context Matters

Table 1

Mean (upper and lower 95% CL) total eggs laid, lifetime (upper and lower 95% CL) and mean ± SEM, Euler’s exact 𝑟 for female D. hesperus on either tomato leaf or tomato fruit, with or without prey (eggs of E. kuhniella). 𝑁=20.

	Total eggs laid	Longevity	Euler’ exact 𝑟
	(𝑁=20 females)	(𝑁=20 females)	(𝑛=3 cohorts)
Fruit, without prey	1.3 (0.8, 1.9)	17 (10, 23)	0.98 ± 0.023
Fruit, with prey	15.0 (11.8, 19.0)	31 (15, 39)	1.08 ± 0.043
Leaf, without prey	3.0 (2.3, 4.0)	6 (3, 6)	1.21 ± 0.023
Leaf, with prey	41.8 (27.6, 63.1)	28 (4, 50)	1.34 ± 0.037