Chemical defense against predation in an insect egg.
The larva of the green lacewing (Ceraeochrysa cubana) (Neur tera, Chrysopidae) is a natural predator of eggs of UtethE ornatrix (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae), a moth that sequesters pyrrc idine alkaloids from its larval foodplant (Fabaceae, Crotalaria sp Utetheisa eggs are ordinarily endowed with the alk...
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2000
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