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The use of fluorescent pigments to study insect behaviour: investigating mating patterns in a butterfly population
Author(s) -
WHEYE DARRYL,
EHRLICH PAUL R.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
ecological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.865
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2311
pISSN - 0307-6946
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1985.tb00553.x
Subject(s) - biology , mating , butterfly , insect , population , nymphalidae , zoology , ecology , demography , sociology
. 1. Mating patterns in a natural population of checkerspot butterflies, Euphydryas editha Boisduval, were investigated by dusting male external genitalia with fluorescent dyes and examining mated females under UV light. 2. These dyes may have diverse applications in studies of insect populations.