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Body temperature and thermoregulation of Antheraea assama larvae
Author(s) -
Bardoloi Sunayan,
Hazarika Lakshmi K.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
entomologia experimentalis et applicata
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.765
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1570-7458
pISSN - 0013-8703
DOI - 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1994.tb01820.x
Subject(s) - saturniidae , biology , thermoregulation , lepidoptera genitalia , larva , instar , ecology , zoology
Activity patterns and body temperature (T b ) and its maintenance were investigated in the 5th instar larvae of Antheraea assama Westwood (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). These larvae thermoregulate by finding and utilizing favourable microenvironments and by restricting their activities to suitable times of the day. Further convective cooling, facilitated by a raised posture also serves to ameliorate T b . Regression analysis suggests that environmental temperature is the major determinant of T b along with solar radiation (SR) and wind (W).