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09-13-2018, 01:16 PM
Beetle Adapts Chemical Mimicry to Parasitize Bees
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A beetle that tricks bees into carrying it into their nests where it can live off their pollen, nectar and eggs adapts its deceptions to local hosts, according to research by Leslie Saul-Gershenz, a graduate student in entomology at the University of California - Davis.
Aggregations of the larvae of Meloe franciscanus beetles lure male digger bees (genus Habropoda) with chemical signals that mimic female sex pheromones.
https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2018/09/beetle-adapts-chemical-mimicry-parasitize-bees
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A beetle that tricks bees into carrying it into their nests where it can live off their pollen, nectar and eggs adapts its deceptions to local hosts, according to research by Leslie Saul-Gershenz, a graduate student in entomology at the University of California - Davis.
Aggregations of the larvae of Meloe franciscanus beetles lure male digger bees (genus Habropoda) with chemical signals that mimic female sex pheromones.
https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2018/09/beetle-adapts-chemical-mimicry-parasitize-bees