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Table 3 Comparison of the number of human contacts with Ochrogaster lunifer and Thaumetopoea pityocampa pre-pupation processions

From: Movement behaviour of two social urticating caterpillars in opposite hemispheres

Species

Number of processions with human contact

Total number of processions

Human contact (%)

Human attended area (%)

Ochrogaster lunifer

22

82

26.8

33 (±SE 2.0)

Thaumetopoea pityocampa

23

53

44

15 (±SE 0.7)