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AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE ADULT APPLE MAGGOT (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

James D. Biggs
James D. Biggs
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Limnology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Abstract

Both males and females of Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) showed three distinct modes of aggressive behavior: (1) a wing-waving display, (2) charging headlong into another fly, and (3) "pawing" with the prothoracic legs. The flies were aggressive toward their own and the opposite sex. The aggressive patterns were similar to those of R. suavis (Loew) and R. completa Cresson.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 3 , March 1972 , pp. 349 - 353
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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