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Maternal Care by the Earwig Doru lineare Eschs. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae)

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We performed laboratory experiments to study maternal care in Doru lineare Eschs. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae), a predator of the maize pest Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Females laid 29.7 ± 8.43 (SD) eggs which took 7–10 days to hatch. Mothers searched for an appropriate nest, where they cleaned and defended eggs and nymphs. Females did not recognize eggs from other females as foreign and adopted them. Other evidence of maternal behavior was also observed, such as egg-cleaning, nest-cleaning, and a lower viability of eggs not cared for by females.

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  1. Department of Agronomy, Londrina State University, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

    Alessandra Regina Butnariu & Amarildo Pasini

  2. Department of Biology, Mato Grosso State University, Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso, Brazil

    Alessandra Regina Butnariu, Fernanda Santos Reis & Eduardo Bessa

  3. Department of Zoology and Botany, Institute of Biology, Letters, and Sciences, Júlio de Mesquita São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

    Eduardo Bessa

  4. UNEMAT, Rod. MT 358 km 7, Jd. Aeroporto CP 287, CEP 78.300-000, Tangará da Serra, MT, Brazil

    Alessandra Regina Butnariu

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Butnariu, A.R., Pasini, A., Reis, F.S. et al. Maternal Care by the Earwig Doru lineare Eschs. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae). J Insect Behav 26, 667–678 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-013-9377-5

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