Counterstrategy to egg dumping in a coreid bug: Recipient individuals discard eggs from their backs

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-232

  Kaitala, Arja ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Egg carrying; Egg rubbing; Golden egg bug; Oviposition; Phyllomorpha laciniata

Indexed keywords

PHYLLOMORPHA LACINIATA;

EID: 0033048839     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020918901079     Document Type: Article

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