Dispersal Cues Used by Parasitic Wasps: Phototaxis, Geotaxis and Mated Melittobia

 

Judith A. Guinan and Robert W. Matthews

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2001, Volume 22

Abstract

The purpose of this laboratory exercise is to help you: • Understand how light and gravity may affect dispersal of mated female Melittobia. • Develop and test hypotheses about other factors that might affect Melittobia dispersal.

Keywords:  animal behavior, geotaxis, dispersal

Clemson University (2000)