caa a22 4500 465788831 CHVBK 20180323112017.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01065966 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01065966 Feeding preferences and their modification in early and late instar larvae of the bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Kenneth Ward, Sonny Ramaswamy, T. Nebeker] Feeding preferences in naive first instar and penultimate-final instar bagworm (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)larvae were investigated using two choice tests. Naive first instar larvae showed a general (though not exclusive) preference for black willow (Salix nigra)over other hosts tested, regardless of the host of origin. Penultimate-final instar larvae showed strong preferences for the previous rearing host, suggesting induction of host preference; there was no evidence of host origin effects. The ability to discriminate among hosts is important if it is actually used to make host choices based on host quality. In bagworms, where host choices (if any) must be made by larvae in habitats where several hosts are often present, host discriminatory ability is likely important. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1990 bagworm nationallicence Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis nationallicence feeding preference nationallicence induction nationallicence Ward Kenneth Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, 39762, Mississippi, Mississippi State aut Ramaswamy Sonny Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, 39762, Mississippi, Mississippi State aut Nebeker T. Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, 39762, Mississippi, Mississippi State aut Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/6(1990-11-01), 785-795 0892-7553 3:6<785 1990 3 10905 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065966 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065966 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ward Kenneth Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, 39762, Mississippi, Mississippi State aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ramaswamy Sonny Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, 39762, Mississippi, Mississippi State aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nebeker T. Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, 39762, Mississippi, Mississippi State aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/6(1990-11-01), 785-795 0892-7553 3:6<785 1990 3 10905 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer