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Table 1 Observed parasitism rates of male T. dorsatus in the field

From: Infection behavior, life history, and host parasitism rates of Emblemasoma erro (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), an acoustically hunting parasitoid of the cicada Tibicen dorsatus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

Study site

Dates

Infected

Uninfected

Total

% infected

95% CI

McPherson Co.

Site summary (2012 to 2014)

3

45

48

6.3

2.1 to 16.8

 

2012: July 2, 4

0

12

12

0.0

 
 

2013: Aug. 2, 20

0

10

10

0.0

 
 

2014: Aug. 3, 12

3

23

26

11.5

 

Prowers Co.

Site summary (2013 to 2014)

27

9

36

75.0

58.9 to 86.2

 

2013: Aug. 22, 28

11

4

15

73.3

 
 

2014: Aug. 21, Sept. 4

16

5

21

76.2

 

Hamilton Co.

Site summary (2013 to 2014)

10

3

13

76.9

49.7 to 91.8

 

2013: Aug. 22, 28

6

3

9

66.7

 
 

2014: Aug. 21

4

0

4

100.0

 

Harvey Co.

Site summary (2011 to 2014)

11

51

62

17.7

10.2 to 29.0

 

2011: Aug. 12

1

9

10

10.0

 
 

2012: July 7, 12

5

13

18

27.8

 
 

2013: Aug. 5, 12

3

14

17

17.6

 
 

2014: Aug. 9, 12

2

15

17

11.8

 

Reno Co.

Site summary (2011 to 2014)

8

65

73

11.0

5.7 to 20.2

 

2011: Aug. 14, 15

1

3

4

25.0

 
 

2012: July 16, Aug. 17

1

13

14

7.1

 
 

2013: July 23

0

15

15

0.0

 
 

2014: Aug. 4, 11

6

34

40

15.0

 

Ellsworth Co.

Site summary (2011 to 2013)

11

23

34

32.4

19.1 to 49.2

 

2011: Aug. 11

5

3

8

62.5

 
 

2012: Aug. 19

2

1

3

66.7

 
 

2013: Aug. 10, 17

4

19

23

17.4

 
 

Overall

70

196

266

26.3

21.4 to 31.9

  1. Observed parasitism rates are given for each study site for all sample years combined, with the yearly observations for each site given below the site summary rows. The overall totals for all sites and years combined are given at the bottom of the table. ‘Infected’ is the number of parasitized cicadas that were captured, ‘Uninfected’ is the number of unparasitized cicadas, ‘Total’ is the total number of cicadas captured, and ‘95% CI’ is the Wilson 95% confidence interval for the population estimate of the percentage of infected male cicadas. Refer to Figure 3 for study site locations.