On the failure of two butterfly species to respond to the presence of conspecific eggs prior to oviposition |
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Authors: | MICHAEL C SINGER JOANNE MANDRACCHIA |
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Institution: | Department of Zoology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Abstract. 1. The eggs of Euptychiine butterflies are laid singly, but their distributions tend to be contagious. However, these insects do not discriminate between egg-laden and egg-free plants. 2. Response to conspecific eggs is not part of the mechanism responsible for clumped egg distribution. |
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Keywords: | Butterfly oviposition egg load |
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