Food intake and number of eggs laid by the carrion beetle, Eusilpha japonica (Coleoptera: Silphinae), collected using pitfall traps

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Taki, Wakana ^a   Watanabe, Mamoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carrion feeder; Clutch size; Food intake; Pitfall traps; Pre oviposition period

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; JAPONICA; SILPHIDAE; SILPHINAE;

EID: 76449089528     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2009.73     Document Type: Article

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