Table 2 Prey species composition of Asceura japonica (small vs. large (male + female); large male vs. large female). Diet difference among different growth stage or sex of spider in the field by Fisher’s exact test (see in text)
Ant taxon | Spider | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Large, Male + Female (39) | Small (38) | |||
N | % | N | % | |
Camponotus vitiosus | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
Formica hayashi | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Lasius hayashi | 16 | 41 | 2 | 5 |
Lasius japonicus | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Nylanderia flavipes | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Crematogaster matsumurai | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Crematogaster vagula | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 |
Pristomyrmex punctatus | 7 | 18 | 17 | 45 |
Temnothorax sp. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Pachycondyla chinensis | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Pheidole fervida | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Pheidole noda | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ant taxon | Large, Male (10) | Large, Female (29) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Camponotus vitiosus | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
Formica hayashi | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Lasius hayashi | 2 | 20 | 14 | 48 |
Lasius japonicus | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Nylanderia flavipes | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
Crematogaster matsumurai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Crematogaster vagula | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
Pheidole noda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Pristomyrmex punctatus | 2 | 20 | 5 | 17 |
Temnothorax sp. | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Pachycondyla chinensis | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |