Temporary stay at various environmental humidities affects attachment ability of Colorado potato beetles Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 227-231

  Voigt, D ^a,b   Schuppert, J M ^a   Dattinger, S ^a   Gorb, S N ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesive setae; Attachment; Biomechanics; Friction; Humidity; Insect plant interactions

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRICTION; HUMIDITY; MICROHABITAT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA;

EID: 77954703343     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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