Defensive use of a fecal thatch by a beetle larva (Hemisphaerota cyanea)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2632-2636

  Eisner, Thomas ^a   Eisner, Maria ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Calleida; Carabidae; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FECES; INSECT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FECES; LARVA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CALLEIDA; CALLEIDA VIRIDIPENNIS; CARABIDAE; CASSIDINAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYCLONEDA SANGUINEA; HEMISPHAEROTA; HEMISPHAEROTA CYANEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PENTATOMIDAE; STIRETRUS ANCHORAGO;

EID: 0034646470     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.050002197     Document Type: Article

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