About the Authors

Keith S. Delaplane

ksd@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, United States of America

Stéphane Pietravalle

Affiliation Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, United Kingdom

Mike A. Brown

Affiliation Animal and Plant Health Agency, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, United Kingdom

Giles E. Budge

Affiliation Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSD GEB. Performed the experiments: KSD GEB MAB. Analyzed the data: KSD SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAB GEB. Wrote the paper: KSD SP GEB.