Liocoris tripustulatus offered a choice of sweet pepper (salad host) and nettle (wild host) leaves when the salad host had higher % 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 offered a choice of nettle and sweet pepper when the pepper leaves had higher nitrogen content than nettle leaves, there were no preferences exhibited (Table 3).