Nectar-feeding by a predatory ambush bug (Heteroptera: Phymatidae) that hunts on flowers

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 643-651

  Yong, Tze Hei ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambush predator; Flowers; Nectar feeding; Omnivory; Zoophytophagy

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NECTARIVORY; NUTRITION; PREDATOR;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; HETEROPTERA; PHYMATA; PHYMATA PENNSYLVANICA; PHYMATIDAE;

EID: 0344945395     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0643:NBAPAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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