Assessment of oviposition site quality by aphidophagous hoverflies: reaction to conspecific larvae

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 589-594

  Almohamad, Raki ^a   Verheggen, François J ^a   Francis, Frédéric ^a   Lognay, Georges ^b   Haubruge, Eric ^a  

^a Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

aphid; conspecific larva; Episyrphus balteatus; hoverfly; larval track; Myzus persicae; oviposition site selection; oviposition deterring substance; syrphid behaviour; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSPECIFIC; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OVIPOSITION; SITE SELECTION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

APHIDIDAE; DIPTERA; EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; SYRPHIDAE; VICIA FABA;

EID: 76449119439     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.11.032     Document Type: Article

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