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Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
insect science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1744-7917
pISSN - 1672-9609
DOI - 10.1111/1744-7917.12156
Subject(s) - biology , larva , urtica dioica , instar , cover (algebra) , butterfly , botany , ecology , mechanical engineering , engineering
The photograph shows a fifth instar larva of the comma butterfly ( Polygonia c‐album ) on a leaf of nettle ( Urtica dioica ), one of several hosts of this polyphagous species. Neonate comma larvae show a surprising ability to reject unfavourable hosts in search for better suitable ones, a behaviour that may ameliorate a bad oviposition choice (see pages 499–506). Photo by: Niklas Janz©.