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

Table 2

Blemishing by D. hesperus females on fruit disks of different sizes in Petri dish arenas with different combinations of leaf and fruit tissue available. The observed blemishes on fruit in arenas containing two different tissue types were subtracted from the area-adjusted prediction for blemishes from the arenas with only fruit tissue, and tested by Wilcoxon signed-rank test to determine if this difference deviated from zero. 𝑁=30 for all tests.

Fruit area (mm^2)	Leaf area (mm^2)	Blemishes per fruit disk	Wilcoxon test result
100	0	3.57 ± 2.24	—
50	50	1.17 ± 2.08	𝑃 = 0.0054
50	12	2.96 ± 3.07	𝑃 = 0.44
12	50	0.87 ± 1.59	𝑃 = 0.33