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The Formation of Collective Silk Balls in the Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae Koch
Tetranychus urticae is a phytophagous mite that forms colonies of several thousand individuals. These mites construct a common web to protect the colony. When plants become overcrowded and food resources become scarce, individuals gather at the plant apex to form a ball composed of mites and their s...
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Public Library of Science
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3077419/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533150 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018854 |