A new twist on an old story: Pollination and seed predation in Jadera haematoloma

Collectively, this dataset contains the data and code required to
replicate analyses in Comerford, Carroll and Egan, testing the hypothesis
that red shouldered soapberry bugs (J. haematoloma) are consuming nectar
and providing a pollination service for their host plants. However, the
pollination benefit to the host is later reduced by seed predation from
the pollinator’s offspring. Data cover 5 laboratory- and field-based
experiments conducted in 2018 and 2019 at Rice University, Houston TX. In
a test of insect pollen capture data (Test_of_Pollen_Capture.csv) shows
that insects collected on either natal host plants capture pollen on their
proboscis when feeding on nectar. We then show that this pollen capture
contributes to pollination of their host plants demonstrated in a
greenhouse experiment on host plant Cardiospermum halicacabum
(Test_of_Pollination_Success_in_a_Greenhouse.csv and Greenhouse_time.csv),
and in the field on host plant Koelreuteria elegans
(Pollination_Success_in_the_Field.csv). We then demonstrate that nectar
consumption increases insect longevity of the insect
(Test_of_Insect_Longevity_with_Nectar_Feeding.csv). Lastly, data
(Cost_of_a_Pollinating_Seed_Predator_to_the_Host_Plant.csv) shows that
nymphs feeding on seeds have a direct cost to the plant via reduced seed
viability.