Aggregation pheromone inDermestes maculatus:effects on larval growth and developmental rhythms

Abstract
Observations on the effect of an aggregation pheromone of Dermestes maculatus indicate the production and liberation with faeces of two different compounds of a primer type. One is produced by larvae themselves and accelerates growth, the other is produced by adults and inhibits larval development. Both larval and adult pheromones synchronize larval ecdyses.

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