Fig. 1. Thorn base, twig base and branch surface of acacia trees and Metcalfa pruinosa eggs laid on the thorn base (A: acacia branch; B: magnified survey area of an acacia branch; C and D: an egg laid on the thorn base).
Fig. 2. The densities of M. pruinosa eggs at different investigation sites on acacia branches. Different letters above error barss (standard deviation) indicate significant differences among means (LSD test, p < 0.05).
Fig. 3. The densities of M. pruinosa eggs on branches of different thicknesses in acacia. Different letters above error bars (standard deviation) indicate significant differences among means (LSD test, p < 0.05).
Table 1. Statistics of the normal distribution when fit to data for all samples, including samples with densities of zero at all different investigation sites
Table 2. Statistics of the normal distribution when fit to data for all samples, excluding samples with densities of zero at all different investigation sites
Table 3. Statistics of the normal distribution when fit to data for all samples, including samples with densities of zero, with densities separated among different branch thicknesses
Table 4. Statistics of the normal distribution when fit to data for all samples, excluding samples with densities of zero, with densities separated among different branch thicknesses
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