About the Authors

Doug Paton

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Anne Underhill

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Janet Meredith

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Paul Eggleston

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Frederic Tripet

f.tripet@keele.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP FT. Performed the experiments: DP AU. Analyzed the data: DP FT. Wrote the paper: DP JM PE FT.