About the Authors

Ephantus J. Muturi

ephajumu@yahoo.com

Affiliation Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Benedict O. Orindi

Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

Chang-Hyun Kim

Affiliation Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJM CHK. Performed the experiments: EJM CHK. Analyzed the data: EJM BOO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJM BOO. Wrote the paper: EJM.