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2014
Journal article
Development sites, feeding modes and early stages of seven European Palloptera species (Diptera, Pallopteridae)
Two hundred and ninety-eight rearing records and 87 larvae and puparia were obtained of seven species of Palloptera Fallén (Diptera, Pallopteridae), mainly in Scotland during 2012–2013. The third stage larva and puparium of each species were assessed morphologically and development sites and feeding modes investigated by rearing, observation and feeding...Rotheray, Graham E
necrophagy, cannibalism, morphology, abundance, flutter fly, predation, larva, puparium, and saprophagy
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2020
Journal article
Observations on co-existing late-instar caterpillars of the Orange-tip butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
Co-existence between late instar larvae of Anthocharis cardamines on multiple occupied Lunaria annua plants was monitored in a suburban Edinburgh garden and a stand-off between final instar larvae on Sisymbrium officinale in countryside near Leipzig was recorded photographically. Occupation of mauve-flowered Lunaria plants was significantly higher than white-flowered ones. The...Shaw, Mark R ; Otto, Helene
behaviour, camouflage, Vespula vulgaris, choice, Conflict, predation, and flower colour