Orientation of the pit-building antlion larva Euroleon (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) to the direction of substrate vibrations caused by prey

Zoology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-8

  Mencinger Vračko, Bojana ^a   Devetak, Dušan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antlion; Myrmeleontidae; Predatory behaviour; Sand tossing

Indexed keywords

EUROLEON NOSTRAS; MYRMELEONTIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 37349061750     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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