INTEGUMENTAL SLIME AND WAX SECRETION - DEFENSIVE ADAPTATIONS OF SAWFLY LARVAE

Authors
EISNER T
Citation
T. Eisner, INTEGUMENTAL SLIME AND WAX SECRETION - DEFENSIVE ADAPTATIONS OF SAWFLY LARVAE, Journal of chemical ecology, 20(10), 1994, pp. 2743-2749
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Journal of chemical ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00980331
Volume
20
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2743 - 2749
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-0331(1994)20:10<2743:ISAWS->2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Evidence is presented from predation tests with ants (Formica exsectoi des) that the slimy coating of Caliroa cerasi and the waxy investiture of Eriocampa ovata serve in defense.