Cannibalism in a Chrysomelid beetle, Gastrophysa viridula
Cannibalism is a very common phenomenon throughout the animal kingdom. Females of the green dock leaf beetle, Gastrophysa viridula, lay clutches of eggs on the leaves of dock plants (Rumex species). Cannibalism takes the form of larvae eating unhatched conspecific eggs. Both within-clutch and inter-...
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University of Liverpool
1988
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.235525 |