Fig. 2

Attraction (a, b) and oviposition (c, d) responses of Ph. papatasi to conspecific stages. Top panels (a, c) depict the least square regression lines of oviposition site preferences (± standard error, SE) based on attraction (a) or oviposition (c), against ordinal conspecific stages arranged from youngest (eggs) to the oldest stage (adults). In this analysis adult males and females were combined. Horizontal dashed line crossing through the preference value of 0.5 indicates neutral preference with values above or below this line indicating positive or negative effects of conspecific stage, respectively. Bottom panels (b, d) depict the mean abundance (± SE) of females trapped (b) or eggs laid (d) in control and treatment cups. Also depicted are the odds (with their respective 95% CI and P-value) of females trapped (b) or eggs laid (d) in the treatment cup compared with the control cup