Table 1 Flight performances of tagged hornets in the field cage versus free-flying in the field

Flight performance of hornets fitted with radio-telemetry tags, or hand-made mimics of such tags, were judged first in a flight cage 3 m x 3 m x 2 m and subsequently on release in an open field. Hornets demonstrating repeated horizontal flights or ascending flights after initial release from an elevated position (1.3 m inside the field cage; 1.6 m in the field) were categorised as good flyers. Hornets predominately demonstrating descending flights were categorised as poor flyers. Analysed via two-by-two contingency table using Fisher’s exact test; two-tailed p value = 0.0000452 showing strong association between flight performance in both arenas

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