Light compass in the provisioning navigation of the subsocial shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-478

  Hironaka, Mantaro ^a   Tojo, Sumio ^b   Hariyama, Takahiko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homing; Navigation; Path integration; Subsocial shield bug; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HETEROPTERA; PARASTRACHIA JAPONENSIS; PENTATOMOIDEA;

EID: 36849068075     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2007.473     Document Type: Article

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