• DOI:10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00121.x
Corpus ID: 86427983

Food stress causes differential survival of socially parasitic caterpillars of Maculinea rebeli integrated in colonies of host and non‐host Myrmica ant species

@article{Elmes2004FoodSC,
  title={Food stress causes differential survival of socially parasitic caterpillars of Maculinea rebeli integrated in colonies of host and non‐host Myrmica ant species},
  author={G. Elmes and J. Wardlaw and K. Sch{\"o}nrogge and J. Thomas and R. Clarke},
  journal={Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata},
  year={2004},
  volume={110}
}

G. Elmes, J. Wardlaw, +2 authors R. Clarke

Published 2004

Biology

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Final instar larvae of Maculinea rebeli Hirschke (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) are social parasites of Myrmica Latreille (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) nests. In the populations of the southern French Alps and Spanish Pyrenees, >95% adult M. rebeli emerge from colonies of Myrmica schencki Emery, despite >60% caterpillars being adopted by other Myrmica species (non‐hosts). However, in laboratory culture caterpillars can be reared successfully by many of the non‐host species. This contradiction, which has… CONTINUE READING

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