Foraging behavior and growth of isolated larvae of a social caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-299

  Fitzgerald, T D ^a   Visscher, C R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

eastern tent caterpillar; feeding rhythms; Malacosoma americanum; social caterpillar

Indexed keywords

MALACOSOMA AMERICANUM; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GROWTH; ISOLATED LARVAE; SOCIAL CATERPILLAR;

EID: 0030301727     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1996.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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