Analysis of Insect Food Habits by Crop Examination
- 4 February 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 109 (2823) , 115-116
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.109.2823.115
Abstract
Studies of crop contents show that Conocephalinae subsist on flowers, pollen, seeds of grasses, and insects, the vegetative parts of plants being rarely if ever eaten. The significance of such studies in determining the ecological role of insects is pointed out.Keywords
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