Quit bugging me: Phorid fly parasitoids affect expression of an immune gene in foraging fire ant workers

This data contains RT-qPCR and diet measurements for quantifying gene expression of red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta workers in the presence and absence of the parasitoid fire ant decapitating fly, Pseudacteon curvatus, and assessing the amount of food after exposure to P. curvatus, respectively. The genes investigated were the Solenopsis invicta foraging gene (Sifor), odorant binding protein 11 (OBP-11), abaecin, defensin-2 (Def-2), cytochrome P450 4C1-like (CYP4C1-like), and hymenoptaecin (hym). Ribosomal Protein 18 (RPL18) was used as the reference gene. These genes of S. invicta workers of unknown infection status in fire ant colonies exposed to decapitating flies and control colonies were observed over a 48-h period. Two diets were measured before and after in control and treatment colonies (i.e., colonies exposed to P. curvatus).