Fig. 2

Bacterial and fungal OTUs shared among caterpillars, plants and soil. a, b Ternary plots of OTUs found in caterpillars. Each symbol represents a single OTU; circles represent bacterial OTUs and triangles fungal OTUs. Only OTUs found in at least 10% of the samples are included in the figure. The size of each symbol represents its relative abundance (weighted average) and its color the compartment where it is primary found. Green depicts OTUs found >50% in leaves, brown depicts OTUs found >50% in caterpillars (dark brown OTUs in caterpillars on intact plants and light brown on detached leaves), black depicts OTUs found >50% in soil, grey OTUs found >50% in roots. Grey symbols represent general OTUs found in all compartments. The position of each symbol represents the contribution of the indicated compartments to the total relative abundance. The 50% lines are drawn in the figure and most important compartments are marked with numbers (0–9). a Depicts OTUs shared between soil (right side), caterpillars on intact plants (top) and caterpillars on detached leaves (left) and b depicts OTUs shared between plants (right), caterpillars on intact plants (top) and caterpillars on detached leaves (left). c The total number of unique and shared OTUs of caterpillars on intact plants and caterpillars on detached leaves. Both fungi and bacteria are included in the figure and their identity on the phylum/class level is shown in Supplementary Fig. 6. The color of the compartment where the OTUs are predominantly found and the corresponding region in panel a and b is also shown