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The centipede Scutigera coleoptrata capturing and feeding on cockroaches in the laboratory. A to E, Pursuit, capture, and eating of a nymph of Supella supellectilium, c. X 1.2. F, Centipede feeding on adult of Blattella germanica, X 1.8. |
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The mantid Hierodula tenuidentata (?) devouring a nymph of Periplaneta australasiae, c. X 1.5. |
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A, Prosevania punctata ♂ beside an oötheca of Periplaneta americana, X 5. B, Hyptia harpyoides with oötheca of Parcoblatta uhleriana from which it had emerged, X 5. C, Larva of a lampyrid beetle feeding on Parcoblatta virginica in the laboratory, X 4. |
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Chalcid parasites of cockroach eggs. A, Anastatus floridanus ovipositing into an oötheca which is still being carried by Eurycotis floridana, c. X 4. B, Comperia merceti ovipositing into an oötheca of Supella supellectilium, c. X 13. C, Tetrastichus hagenowii ovipositing into an oötheca of Periplaneta americana, c. X 10. (C from Roth and Willis [1954b].) |
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A, The wasp finds a cockroach. B, She stings the prey in the thorax. C, She then leads the disabled cockroach (antennae clipped) to her nest. D, The wasp's egg was placed on the coxa of the cockroach's right mesothoracic leg where it hatched. E, Portion of the host's abdomen removed to show feeding larva. F, New adult wasp emerging from dead host. (Reproduced from F. X. Williams [1942] from the color paintings of the late W. Twigg-Smith, through the courtesy of F. A. Bianchi.) |
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Chemical defense of Diploptera punctata against predators; the spray pattern is displayed on KI-starch indicator paper. A, Spray pattern after right mesothoracic leg was pinched. B, Cumulative spray pattern after left mesothoracic leg of the same insect was pinched. C, The defensive glands of the cockroach on the left had been excised, and it is under persistent attack by ants from a laboratory colony of Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille). The intact cockroach on the right was also attacked by the ants, but it discharged a spray of quinones and repelled the attackers. (From Eisner [1958], through the courtesy of Dr. T. Eisner.) |
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