Necrophagy in grasshoppers: Taeniopoda eques feeds on mammal carrion

Journal of Orthoptera Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 377-380

  Whitman, Douglas W ^a   Richardson, Matthew L ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrididae; carnivory; carrion; necrophagy; Romaleidae; Taeniopoda; Western Lubber

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; MAMMALIA; ROMALEIDAE; TAENIOPODA; TAENIOPODA EQUES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952221743     PISSN: 10826467     EISSN: 19372426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1665/034.019.0228     Document Type: Article

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