Evidence for division of labor in the social caterpillar Eucheira socialis (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 228-236

  Underwood, Dessie L A ^a   Shapiro, Arthur M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Immature; Juvenile; Sex differences; Silk

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABOR DIVISION; NESTING; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT;

ARBUTUS; EUCHEIRA SOCIALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 0032862904     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050614     Document Type: Article

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