Laboratory observations of prey behaviour for prey acquisition by a predator among three larval mosquitoes |
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Authors: | Hironori Yasuda Takashi Mitsui |
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Affiliation: | (1) Insect Toxicology and Physiology, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 351-01 Wako, Saitama, Japan;(2) Present address: Laboratory of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, 997 Tsuruoka, Japan |
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Abstract: | The effect of prey behaviour on prey acquisition by a predator was examined in the laboratory, using three larval mosquitoes.Aedes albopictus was acquired by the predator,Toxorhynchites towadensis, at a higher rate thanOrthopodomiya anopheloides. Toxorphynchites towadensis was a sit-and-wait predator.Aedes albopictus was more active thanO. anopheloides. Orthopodomiya anopheloides ran away before the predator attacked, butA. albopictus did not. The escape ratio inO. anopheloides was higher than that inA. albopictus. These results suggest that the difference in the prey acquisition ratio by the predator between prey species is caused by different behavioural patterns of the prey to the predator. |
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Keywords: | community mosquito prey-predator |
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