10.6084/m9.figshare.4535318.v1 Matthew S. Lehnert Matthew S. Lehnert Andrew Bennett Andrew Bennett Kristen E. Reiter Kristen E. Reiter Patrick D. Gerard Patrick D. Gerard Qi-Huo Wei Qi-Huo Wei Miranda Byler Miranda Byler Huan Yan Huan Yan Wah-Keat Lee Wah-Keat Lee Table S1. Relationship of insect body and mouthpart sizes.; Table S2. Ability for prefed insects to feed from filter pore.; Table S3. Ability for insects in the unfed treatment to feed from particular filter pore sizes. from Mouthpart conduit sizes of fluid-feeding insects determine the ability to feed from pores The Royal Society 2017 Lepidoptera Diptera capillarity liquid bridges nanoparticles 2017-01-10 05:16:45 Journal contribution https://rs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Table_S1_Relationship_of_insect_body_and_mouthpart_sizes_Table_S2_Ability_for_prefed_insects_to_feed_from_filter_pore_Table_S3_Ability_for_insects_in_the_unfed_treatment_to_feed_from_particular_filter_pore_sizes_from_Mouthpart_conduit_sizes_of_fluid-feedi/4535318 The left graph shows insects in the prefed treatment and the right graph shows the unfed treatment. The graphs illustrate the nearly linear relationship between pore size radius ( for prefed insects. ;Forewing length (FWL) and food canal diameter (µm) measurements (mean±s.e.m.) of studied butterfly and fly species (n=5) with results of a paired t-test (P-values) comparing distal and proximal mouthparts measurements. ;Results of studied butterfly and fly species (n=5 per species), including percentage that fed on nanoparticle solution from filters of different pore sizes, percentage that salivated and fed, and limiting substrate pore sizes (calculated threshold of 50% that fed). ;Results of feeding experiments of studied butterfly and fly species (n=5 per species), including the percentage that fed on nanoparticle solution from filters of different pore sizes and limiting substrate pore sizes (calculated threshold of 50% that fed).