Mid-winter foraging of colonies of the pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa Schiff. (Thaumetopoeidae)

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-167

  Fitzgerald, T D ^a   Blas, Xavier Panades I ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Processionary behavior; Thermal regulation; Trail following

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CATERPILLAR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

SPAIN;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA; THAUMETOPOEIDAE;

EID: 0242540045     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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