About the Authors

Justin George

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nina E. Jenkins

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Simon Blanford

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Matthew B. Thomas

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Thomas C. Baker

tcb10@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Spores provided by: NEJ. Conceived and designed the experiments: JG SB MBT TCB. Performed the experiments: JG SB. Analyzed the data: JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NEJ SB MBT. Wrote the paper: JG MBT TCB.