Table 2. Frequencies of transitions between all observed behavioral events for adult Hippodamia convergens on cotton leaves that also contained whitefly eggs, nymphs, and adults. Transitions that were significantly more common than expected by chance are shown in grey boxes (chi-square, adjusted P < 0.001).

Succeeding behavioral event Feeding event Probling event Other behaviors Preceding behavioral event Egg Nymph Adult Leaf Egg Nymph Adult Walking Resting Grooming Orienting Egg feeding 272 35 4 0 34 0 3 182 8 19 46 Nymph feeding 28 36 2 0 3 0 0 51 2 3 78 Adult feeding 12 4 6 2 16 0 3 112 10 15 135 Leaf feeding 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 47 3 2 2 Egg probing 47 2 16 0 0 4 1 30 6 27 0 Nymph probing 0 10 0 0 4 0 1 11 0 0 0 Adult probing 1 5 6 0 0 0 10 81 16 10 2 Walking 141 55 134 47 46 18 78 0 81 199 23 Resting 9 3 19 6 10 0 20 79 0 118 18 Grooming 31 10 32 2 20 0 10 173 137 0 89 Orienting 63 48 94 2 1 4 0 34 25 120 0