Effect of reflex bleeding of a predatory ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), as a means of avoiding intraguild predation and its cost

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-206

  Sato, Satoru ^a   Kushibuchi, Kohei ^a   Yasuda, Hironori ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avoidance of intraguild predation; Chemical protection; Hemolymph; Predatory ladybird beetles; Reflex bleeding

Indexed keywords

COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA BRUCKI; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS;

EID: 68349083527     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2009.203     Document Type: Article

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