Substrate marking by an invasive ladybeetle: seasonal changes in hydrocarbon composition and behavioral responses.

The multicolored Asian ladybeetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas), aggregates inside dwellings during the winter to survive the cold. Recent published reports have highlighted that overwintering individuals use hydrocarbon markings deposited on surfaces by conspecifics to orient toward aggregation sites...

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Main Authors: Delphine Durieux, Bérénice Fassotte, Maryse Vanderplanck, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Christophe Fischer, Georges Lognay, Eric Haubruge, François J Verheggen
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f56d4aafe78f45f1bc48cf70aab92ab9
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