Bagworm bags as portable armour against invertebrate predators
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Bagworm bags as portable armour against invertebrate predators
Some animals have evolved the use of environmental materials as "portable armour" against natural enemies. Portable bags that bagworm larvae (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) construct using their own silk and plant parts are generally believed to play an important role as a physical barrier against natural enemies. However, no experimental studies have tested the importance of bags as portable armour a...
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عنوان ژورنال: PeerJ
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1686