Adults and nymphs do not smell the same: The different defensive compounds of the giant mesquite bug (Thasus neocalifornicus: Coreidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 734-741

  Prudic, Kathleen L ^a,b   Noge, Koji ^a   Becerra, Judith X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Carbonyl defense; Coreidae; Defensive chemistry; Warning coloration

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGGREGATION; ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROPTERA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NYMPH; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HETEROPTERA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NYMPH; ODORS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

AVES; COREIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PROSOPIS; THASUS NEOCALIFORNICUS;

EID: 45849103833     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9480-9     Document Type: Article

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