The effect of body weight and host plant on cannibalism in cotton bollworm,Hel
icoverpa armigera.
Author of the article:LI Zhe1,2, LI DianMo1**, GONG Zhi1,2, XIE BaoYu1
Author's Workplace:1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents
,Inst
itute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing100080,China; 2. Grad
uate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing100039,China
Key Words:cannibalism; Helicoverpa armigera; wei
ght; host plant
Abstract:The cannibalistic behavior of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera(Hübner)
, was observed,and the eff
ect of body weight and host plant on cannibalism was studied.The result shows th
at cannibalistic behavior includes tentative attack (bite),coun