Fig. 3

Alpha-diversity based of all Gpg samples examined classified on: (a) adult age and developmental stage (1 day-old, 15 day-old adults, and larva), (b) gender and developmental stage (Female, Male and larva). Boxes denote the interquartile range, the line within the box is the median, and whiskers extend to the most extreme value within 1.5 *interquartile range. Outliers are indicated with dots (p ≤ 0.0022; t-test was performed; significant differences are indicated by letters)