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    • Data for a lab study of the effects of diet variability on the interactions between a Lepidopteran herbivore and its parasitoid

    Metadata Updated: December 11, 2025

    Data were collected from two laboratory rearing experiments conducted in 2018 of Trichoplusia ni caterpillars that had been parasitized by Copidosoma floridanum parasitoids. In the first experiment, parasitized caterpillars were fed artificial diets spiked with increasing concentrations of the phytochemical xanthotoxin in order to assess the effect of xanthotoxin on parasitoid success. In the second experiment, parasitized caterpillars were switched between diets with differing xanthotoxin concentration, such that all caterpillars experienced the same mean xanthotoxin concentration over their lives, but different treatments experienced different variability in xanthotoxin concentration. Data were recorded on caterpillar survival and parasitoid fitness components (e.g. number of offspring, proportion of offspring emerging from host, sex ratio of adult offspring).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 11, 2025

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    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 11, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/usgs-600a088ed34e162231fb2517
    Data Last Modified 2021-03-24T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:12
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