Lethal and behavioral effects of synthetic and organic insecticides on <i>Spodoptera exigua</i> and its predator <i>Podisus maculiventris</i> - Fig 1

Time proportion (mean ± SE) spent per 3rdinstar individual beet armyworm,Spodoptera exigua(A) and spined soldier bug,Podisus maculiventris(B) for 10-minute exposures to both the treated and untreated half of the Petri dishes (9 cm diameter) lined with filter paper treated with dried insecticide residue. Asterisk in the bar indicates difference between Petri dishes treated or not with insecticide (paired Student’s t test at P < 0.05).