Figure 3. Mean (+ SEM) numbers of ovipunctures made (a) and eggs laid (b) by female Dectes texanus in sunflower and soybean plants when caged on a plant of each type for 48 h in the field. Females were fed in the laboratory from adult emergence on either sunflower (shaded bars) or soybean (hatched bars). Samples sizes for each pair of bars are in parentheses – only females laying eggs are represented in (b). Asterisks indicate a significant difference (α < 0.05) in a paired t-test.