Pedation avoidance effects of Osmylus spp.

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Shot Date: 2021/04/06
Shot Location: Tokyo Metropolitan University

species
Osmylus hyalinatus

Key Words
Insect
Neuroptera
natural enemy
predator avoidance

Pei Yu
2022/04/13 submitted

Animalia >Arthropoda >Insecta >Neuroptera >Osmylidae >Osmylus >

Adults of the genus Osmylus emit a pungent odor from their odor glands when stimulated. In an experiment in which O. hyalinatus adults were fed with Plestiodon finitimus as predators, predation avoidance effects on lizards were observed in both male and female O. hyalinatus.

(Data No.momo220409oh01b)

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