Data from: Phloem-feeding insects creat parasitoid free space for caterpillars

# Phloem Feeders inhibit Caterpillar Parasitism [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m905qfv9f](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m905qfv9f) Three datasets are provided: 1) Volatiles.xlsx provides the volatile compounds, their concentration, and branch, site, and treatment information. There is a MetaData sheet with greater detail. 2) Parasitism.xlsx provides the caterpillar data organized such that each row is an individual caterpillar. These data were assembled from individual yearly data of similar format. Otherwise, no other processing was used to assemble this data. There is a MetaData sheet with greater detail on each of the columns. 3) CaterpillarRecovery.xlsx provides the sampling recovery, parasitsm, and initial stocking values of caterpillars. This data is grouped such that each row represents the summed totals for each year, site, phloem-feeder treatment, and ant-treatment. There is a MetaData sheet with greater detail on each of the columns. ## Description of the data and file structure See Anderson et al. 2024 Current Biology "Phloem-feeding insects creat parasitoid free space for caterpillars" for full methods on data collection and experimental design. Three datasets are provided: 1) Volatiles.xlsx, 2) Parasitism.xlsx, and 3) CaterpillarRecovery.xlsx. Each file contains the raw data necessary to replicate the results and tables in Anderson et al. 2024. Additionally, each file contains a separate sheet for meta data that describes in detail the contents of each column in the data. The CaterpillarRecovery.xlsx file has NAs for some rows, these are year/site combinations where there was no experimental ant treatment. Hence, for these years/sites, there are only "Ant access" rows. ## Code/Software No novel code was used to analyze the data deposited. All analyses and figures were produced in R, version 4.2.3. Code may be requested by contacting the lead author, Michael S. Singer ([[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])).