Fig. 2

Impact of the microbiome on host nutritional reserves during larval diapause. Weight, total protein and nutrient levels were monitored in conventionally reared and axenic larvae at the end of larval development and over a 6-month period in diapause. Each datapoint represents a pool of 10 sibling larvae. Numbers at the bottom of each boxplot indicate the number of replicates per condition. Asterisks indicate significant differences between conventional and axenic larvae, based on pairwise Wilcoxon rank sum tests. Coloured letters indicate significant differences in weight, total protein and nutrient levels between experimental conditions for conventional (red) and axenic larvae (orange), based on Kruskal-Wallis rank sum tests followed by Dunn’s post hoc test with Benjamini-Hochberg correction for multiple comparisons. Different letters indicate significant differences between conditions