Substrate particle size affects pit building decision and pit size in the antlion larvae Euroleon nostras (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 158-163

  Devetak, Dušan ^a   Špernjak, Andreja ^b   Janžekovič, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b NONE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antlion; Euroleon nostras; Myrmeleontidae; Pit building; Substrate particle size

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

MYRMELEONTIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 19544362498     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2005.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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