Diel Rhythmicity of Certain Life Events of a Ladybird, Propylea dissecta (Mulsant)
Title:
Diel Rhythmicity of Certain Life Events of a Ladybird, Propylea dissecta (Mulsant)
Author:
Mishra, Geetanjali
Appeared in:
Biological rhythm research
Paging:
Volume 35 (2004) nr. 4-5 pages 269-276
Year:
2004-10
Contents:
The diel rhythms of certain life events, viz. mating, oviposition, hatching, moulting, pupation and eclosion were investigated in ladybird, Propylea dissecta. The peaks of activity and major portions of all life events were recorded in the scotophase. Mating, oviposition and hatching rhythms did not change with days and were thus probably endogenous in nature. The predominant occurrence of life events in the scotophase is probably owing to the foraging rhythms, which occur in the photophase as evinced by literature.
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