A parasitoid wasp induces overwintering behaviour in its spider host

• Authors: KORENKO Stanislav; PEKÁR Stanislav
• Year of publication: 2011
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: PLoS ONE
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Web: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0024628
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024628
• Field: Zoology
• Keywords: behavioral manipulatin;parasitoid;spider host;spider web;web architecture
• Description: Larva of Zatypota percontatoria performed species-specific manipulation of theridiid spiders, Neottiura bimaculata and Theridion varians, shortly before pupation.

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