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REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THE CLEAR-WINGED GRASSHOPPER, CAMNULA PELLUCIDA (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. Pickford
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Abstract

The reproductive behaviour of Camnula pellucida (Scudder) is described. This includes some general information on congregation on a field breeding site as well as detailed descriptions of courtship, copulation, and oviposition behaviour. Differences in behavioural patterns from those previously outlined for another major grasshopper species are tabulated.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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