Study the prey preference of some aquatic insects for different snails under the laboratory conditions | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
| Article 8, Volume 4, Issue 1, June 2011, Pages 91-101 PDF (383.51 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2011.15174 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed Z. Y. Aly; Ibrahim E. E. .Mohamed; Shadia M. Bakry | ||
| Zoology Department (Entomology), Faculty of Science (Qena), South Valley University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study of five aquatic insects (predators), adults of two hemipterous species, Limnogeton fieberi Mayr, Sphaerodema urinator Duf., and nymphs of three Odonatous species, Anax imperator Leach, Crocothemis erythraea Brulle and Ischnura pumilio Charp. onfour species of snails (preys) exist in its natural habitat at Qena, Bulinus truncates Audouin, Biomphalaria alexandrina Ehrenb, Cleopatra bulimoides Olivierand Melanoides tuberculata Muller. in non choice experiment under laboratory conditions, the result indicated that the first preference for attack to all predators was directed towards B. truncates.And the last preference was B. alexandrina. Except, L. fieberi, the last preference was C. bulimoides. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| : aquatic insects; snails; predation | ||
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