Table 1 Mean (±SEM) number of C. formosanus in a paired choice test where tubes were filled with substrate treated with fungal spores at the indicated concentrations, after 24 h exposure

I. fumosorosea 10 ⁶ spores/g

Sand

36.3 ± 13.5a*

60.2 ± 17.3a

Soil

96.1 ± 11.1a

77.4 ± 10.6a

Sawdust

92.5 ± 9.6a

72.8 ± 10.2a

I. fumosorosea 10 ⁸ spores/g

Sand

46.0 ± 6.5a

50.8 ± 4.5a

Soil

71.3 ± 16.0a

82.7 ± 17.1a

Sawdust

49.3 ± 9.8a

56.1 ± 9.7a

M. anisopliae 10 ⁶ spores/g

Sand

23.9 ± 5.5a

45.0 ± 13.0a

Soil

82.3 ± 7.4a

76.0 ± 7.0a

Sawdust

93.4 ± 9.2a

62.7 ± 9.3a

M. anisopliae 10 ⁸ spores/g

Sand

12.3 ± 2.0a

23.0 ± 5.9a

Soil

78.3 ± 12.6a

77.6 ± 12.8a

Sawdust

31.0 ± 3.9a

36.5 ± 4.5a