Lepidoptera Science
Online ISSN : 1880-8077
Print ISSN : 0024-0974
The Adult Behavior of the Japanese Cabbage White (Lepifoptera, Pieridae) in the Field : II. Ecological Aspects of Major Behavior Patterns
Takeshi OHTANIMichiya YAMAMOTO
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1985 Volume 36 Issue 2 Pages 43-76

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Major adult behaviors of Pieris rapae crucivora BOISDUVAL were analyzed functionally and their ecological topics were picked up (11 sectional conclusions), based on the field observation by 'single-individual trailing method'. Resting, nectar intake, flying, egg laying and interindividual behaviors were different sexually, seasonally and/or age-dependently. In interindividual behaviors, especially, functions of ascending fight and abdomen erecting were inferred with relation to age and/or population density, and functions of fluttering, wing folding and leaning which become effective during copulation as well. Based on 11 sectional conclusions, it was made clear that males continued to seek females which need males only once, and that consequently males drive females away out of home habitat.

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© 1985 LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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