Feeding by lepidopteran larvae is dangerous

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-123

  Bernays, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

bugs; caterpillars; feeding; Manduca sexta; Predation; Uresiphita reversalis; wasps

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; URESIPHITA; URESIPHITA REVERSALIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031051191     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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