Higher aggression towards closer relatives by soldier larvae in a polyembryonic wasp

In the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma floridanum, females commonly lay one male and one female egg in a lepidopteran host. Both sexes proliferate clonally within the growing host larva. Distinct larval castes develop from each wasp egg, the majority being ‘reproductives’ plus some ‘soldiers’ which sa...

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Main Authors: Dunn, Johanna, Dunn, Derek W., Strand, Michael R., Hardy, Ian C.W.
Format: Article
Published: Royal Society 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41478/