Consistently with such previous observations under live infection [79], we found that feeding on HK PeWT bacteria promotes the rapid (within 8 hours) overexpression of three out of six AMPs (AttA, Dpt, and Drsl-2), while Drs showed an upregulation only in the recovery period, i.e., 24 hours after the end of exposure (96h timepoint). This evidence concerns the gene ADSL and infection.