Clicking caterpillars: Acoustic aposematism in Antheraea polyphemus and other Bombycoidea

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 993-1005

  Brown, Sarah G ^a   Boettner, George H ^b   Yack, Jayne E ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic aposematism; Antheraea polyphemus; Bombycoidea; Caterpillar; Lepidoptera; Regurgitation; Sound production

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; MOTH; MOUSE; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MICE; MOTHS; OSCILLOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

ANTHERAEA POLYPHEMUS; BOMBYCOIDEA; BOMBYX MORI; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MUS; SATURNIIDAE; SPHINGIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247466493     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.001990     Document Type: Article

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