| Â | Â | Mass (g)1 | Wing Length (mm)1 | Mites2 |
|---|
| Â | Â | Saline | LPS | Saline | LPS | Saline | LPS |
|---|
Newly | Males | 0.328 ± 0.007 | 0.324 ± 0.007 | 12.87 ± 0.15 | 12.91 ± 0.11 | 7 (3 – 10) | 4 (3 – 11) |
Emerged | Females | 0.350 ± 0.008 | 0.345 ± 0.008 | 13.81 ± 0.15 | 13.64 ± 0.16 | 4 (2 – 10) | 5 (1 – 12) |
Mature | Males | 0.304 ± 0.007 | 0.313 ± 0.007 | 13.07 ± 0.11 | 13.14 ± 0.09 | 0 (0-0) | 0 (0-0) |
|  | Females | 0.464 ± 0.014 | 0.469 ± 0.010 | 13.79 ± 0.12 | 13.74 ± 0.13 | 0 (0-0) | 0 (0-0) |
- 1No differences in mass or wing length were found between treatment groups within each age and sex category (Newly Emerged: Mass-males, t40 = -1.52, p = 0.14; females, t48 = -1.53, p = 0.13; Wing length-males, t40 = 0.27, p = 0.79; females, t48 = 0.83, p = 0.41; Mature: Mass-males, t57 = -0.91, p = 0.36; females, t59 = -0.44, p = 0.66; Wing length-males, t57 = -0.50, p = 0.62; females, t59 = 0.31, p = 0.76).
- 2No differences between the median number of parasitic water mites (interquartile ranges are indicated in brackets) were found for saline injected and LPS injected newly emerged E. boreale (zeros were included in analyses; males, W = 161, p = 0.16; females, W = 275.5, p = 0.63). Few (8) mature adults were found with mites and therefore no statistical tests were completed, although medians and interquartile ranges are reported. Two males that were saline-injected carried 2 and 27 mites, three males that were LPS-injected carried 4, 5 and 15 mites. One female that was saline-injected carried three mites and two LPS-injected females carried one and two mites.
