An understanding of the biochemical and physiological energetics of lecithotrophic development is useful for interpreting patterns of larval development, dispersal potential, and life-history ...

A seed tick is a tick that is in the larval stage of its life. The larval stage occurs just after the tick hatches from an egg, but before it finds its first blood meal. Ticks are tiny parasites that ...

This study examined the effects of increased leaf nitrogen in natural host-plants (Plantago spp.) on female oviposition preference, larval performance, and larval chemical defense of the butterfly ...