Sturmia bella (Meigen) (Dipt.:Tachinidae) and the strand that is not silk
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Date published
2003
Abstract
Tests conducted on strands left hanging from Lepidoptera pupae from which larvae of the parasitoid tachinid fly Sturmia bella have egressed show that this substance is best regarded as mucous containing glycoproteins, and that it should not be referred to as silk.
Journal title
Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation
Volume
115
Issue
0013-8
Publisher
Amateur Entomologists' Society
ISSN
0013-08916
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