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Active behaviour of terrestrial caterpillars on the water surface

Most butterfly and moth larvae (Lepidoptera) are terrestrial. When terrestrial caterpillars accidentally fall into water, they may drown or be preyed upon by aquatic predators before they can safely reach land. However, how terrestrial caterpillars escape aquatic environments and predators remains u...

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Autores principales: Hayashi, Masakazu, Sugiura, Shinji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8445081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34603846
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11971