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DISPERSAL BY NESTING EARWIGS, FORFICULA AURICULARIA (DERMAPTERA: FORFICULIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert J. Lamb
Robert J. Lamb
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Science and Institute of Animal Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Abstract

Dispersal from earwig nests includes an inter-brood dispersal by female parents and two nymphal dispersals. One nymphal dispersal occurred in nature, but was not evident in the laboratory. The two other types were associated with heightened activity and a rejection of the nest in the laboratory. This locomotory behavior, which is probably adapted for dispersal, is termed “dispersive behaviour.”

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 2 , February 1976 , pp. 213 - 216
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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