SPECIALIZED TARSAL HAIRS ON ADULT MALE COLORADO POTATO BEETLES, LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA (SAY), HAMPER ITS LOCOMOTION ON SMOOTH SURFACES
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 119 (12), 1139-1142
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent1191139-12
Abstract
Tarsi of male Colorado potato beetles adhere to glass and plastic surfaces limiting locomotion greatly. This is not observed with females. Scoop-like tarsal hairs present only in males are responsible for the adherence. The effect of this morphological difference on toxicological or behavioral research conducted in glass or plastic cages is discussed.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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