Diet and chemical defence in ladybird beetles (coleoptera: coccinellidae)

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• who: John J. SLOGGETT from the University, , MD, The Netherlands have published the research work: Diet and chemical defence in ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
• what: The work described above has focused on food quantity and on larval rearing conditions as a determinant for alkaloid in the resulting adults.
• future: Cardiac glycosides (cardenolides) from the prey aphid Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe from oleander were detected in Coccinella undecimpunctata L. possibly as a result of sequestration however the authors themselves stated that further work was needed to eliminate gut content . . .
  

   

  

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