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SOME EFFECTS OF GAMMA RADIATION ON EARWIGS IN ONTARIO, CANADA (DERMAPTERA: FORFICULIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. A. Wilson  and
W. H. A. Wilde
W. A. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Apiculture, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
W. H. A. Wilde
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Apiculture, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
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Abstract

Effects of varying levels (4–132 krad) of gamma radiation on moulting, feeding, co-ordination and locomotion, and wing development in Forficula auricularia L. are described and illustrated. A "radiation profile" shows the increased radiosensitivity of nymphs as compared to adult F. auricularia.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 8 , August 1971 , pp. 1201 - 1206
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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