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Table 2.

Rejection levels of common host plants by E. acrea caterpillars in the field

Encounter 1
Encounters 2-5
Change
N% RejectionN% RejectionDirectionχ2(P)
Crotalaria pumila 50 0 75 32 + <0.001 
Viguiera dentata 46 46 61 20 - <0.001 
Bidens leptocephala 25 12 52 6 - <0.001 
Macheranthera tanacetifolius 10 30 27 15 - <0.005 
Dalea candida 18 28 29 28 0 - 
Desmodium procumbens 19 68 13 46 - <0.01 
Encounter 1
Encounters 2-5
Change
N% RejectionN% RejectionDirectionχ2(P)
Crotalaria pumila 50 0 75 32 + <0.001 
Viguiera dentata 46 46 61 20 - <0.001 
Bidens leptocephala 25 12 52 6 - <0.001 
Macheranthera tanacetifolius 10 30 27 15 - <0.005 
Dalea candida 18 28 29 28 0 - 
Desmodium procumbens 19 68 13 46 - <0.01 

Encounter 1 is compared with successive encounters 2-5 on the same plant species.

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