About the Authors

Roderick F. Felsheim

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Timothy J. Kurtti

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Ulrike G. Munderloh

munde001@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RFF TJK UGM. Performed the experiments: RFF TJK. Analyzed the data: RFF. Wrote the paper: RFF TJK UGM.