Parasitism of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) by lespesia archippivora (Diptera: Tachinidae)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 312-328

  Oberhauser, Karen ^a   Gebhard, Ilse ^b   Cameron, Charles ^b   Oberhauser, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b 2818 Sherwood St ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FLY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVA; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; POISSON RATIO; SUPERPARASITISM;

CANADA; MICHIGAN; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LESPESIA ARCHIPPIVORA; PERILAMPIDAE; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 34249019165     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[312:POMBDP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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