Pollination by monkey beetles (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini): Do color and dark centers of flowers influence alighting behavior?

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 861-868

  Johnson, S D ^a   Midgley, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Hopliinae; Insect vision; Mimicry; Plant pollinator interactions

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COLOR; FLOWER VISITING; POLLINATION;

COLEOPTERA; GAZANIA PECTINATA; IXIA DUBIA; SCARABAEIDAE; SPILOXENE CAPENSIS;

EID: 0034777792     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-30.5.861     Document Type: Article

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