Liocoris tripustulatus offered a choice of sweet pepper (salad host) and nettle (wild host) leaves with the same % nitrogen content in a darkened choice chamber – summary of results.

1n = 30 for each sex. Mann-Whitney test used to compare median time on leaf; Chi square test used to compare number of first contacts; ns = not significant.When there was no difference in nitrogen content of the nettle and sweet pepper leaves both sexes spent significantly more time in contact with nettle leaves. There was no difference in the first leaf chosen in any of the trials with L. tripustulatus.