Evidence for Interspecific Brood Parasite Detection and Removal in Burying Beetles

Table 3

Mean values (±SE) for number of 1st instar larvae, number of conspecific larvae culled, number of parasitic larvae culled, final brood size, and number of successful parasites in N. guttula and N. marginatus broods that were parasitized by conspecific and heterospecific larvae.

	Mean number of 1st instar larvae	Mean number of conspecific larvae culled	Mean number of parasitic larvae culled	Mean final brood size	Mean number of successful parasites
N. guttula broods
Parasitized by conspecifics	19.1 (±0.93)	5.7 (±0.80)	-	16.1 (±0.96)	-
Parasitized by heterospecifics	22.6 (±1.04)	4.6 (±0.68)	3.2 (±0.37)	16.3 (±0.90)	3.5 (±0.43)
N. marginatus broods
Parasitized by conspecifics	30.0 (±1.19)	12.8 (±1.54)	-	13.3 (±0.79)	-
Parasitized by heterospecifics	27.3 (±1.14)	7.8 (±1.56)	6.0 (±0.30)	11.8 (±0.73)	1.0 (±0.22)