Open AccessCannibalistic Caterpillars (Utetheisa ornatrix; Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) Fail to Differentiate between Eggs on the Basis of Kinship
Author(s) -
James F. Hare,
Thomas Eisner
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
psyche a journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1687-7438
pISSN - 0033-2615
DOI - 10.1155/1995/84147
Subject(s) - cannibalism , lepidoptera genitalia , kinship , larva , biology , zoology , ecology , sociology , anthropology
Utetheisa ornatrix larvae, in exercising egg cannibalism, do not discriminate between kin and nonkin. Under natural conditions this may not be a handicap, partly because the larvae hatch largely in synchrony and do not immediately upon emergence engage in cannibalism
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