Erect wing frequencies from various infection experiments.

Following initial erect wing observations after A. fumigatus natural infection, we scored erect wing frequency in all subsequent survival experiments. Data represent the mean % of males displaying erect wing ± one standard deviation. n exp = number of replicate experiments performed, and dpi ewg taken = days post-infection where erect wing data were recorded. We additionally performed natural infections with Metarhizium rileyi that generally did not cause significant mortality even in ΔBaraA, BomΔ55C double mutant males, but nevertheless induced erect wing specifically in ΔBaraA males and spzrm7 controls. Bacterial infections were performed by septic injury, while fungal challenges were either natural infections (NI) performed by rolling flies in spores or septic injuries as indicated. Underlying data are included in S5 Data. (XLSX)