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STUDIES ON VITAMIN E IN THE HOUSE CRICKET, ACHETA DOMESTICUS (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLIDAE): III. TARSAL ABSORPTION OF VITAMIN E AND FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS BY LARVAE1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. E. McFarlane
J. E. McFarlane
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Macdonald College of McGill University
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Abstract

When fatty acid methyl esters or vitamin E are painted on the surface of eggs of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L.), second-stage larvae originating from these eggs may show reduction of the tarsi. The effect of the chemicals is on the first-stage larvae which absorb the chemicals through the tarsi during escape from the shell. The reduced tarsi are regenerated at the next moult or next two moults.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 4 , April 1972 , pp. 519 - 522
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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