Perception of Chromatic Cues during Host Location by the Pupal Parasitoid Pimpla turionellae (L.) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-87

  Fischer, Sabine ^a   Samietz, Jörg ^a   Wäckers, Felix L ^a,b   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromatic contrast; Host location; Pupal parasitoid; Vision; Wavelength discrimination

Indexed keywords

HOST LOCATION; PARASITOID; VISUAL CUE;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; PIMPLA; PIMPLA TURIONELLAE;

EID: 1342332738     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.1.81     Document Type: Article

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