Suspending cocoons to evade ant predation in Meteorus pulchricornis, a braconid parasitoid of exposed-living lepidopteran larvae

Entomological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-109

  Shirai, Shunsuke ^a   Maeto, Kaoru ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cocoon age; Crematogaster matsumurai; Defense; Parasitic wasps; Predators; Suspension

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; CREMATOGASTER MATSUMURAI; HEXAPODA; METEORUS PULCHRICORNIS; QUERCUS PHILLYRAEOIDES; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 63049139017     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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