Communal Breeding in Burying Beetles
Communal Breeding in Burying Beetles
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埋葬甲虫的集体育种
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1996
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通讯作者：
M. Scott
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M. Scott
当一只年轻的花栗鼠死在树林里，各种各样的或？有机体？从哺乳动物的SCAV？对昆虫、真菌和微生物有害吗？争夺这突如其来的食物宝藏在新英格兰，埋葬甲虫是最成功的竞争对手之一。tors.对于这些1.5厘米长的昆虫来说，花栗鼠是一个相对较大的尸体，这样的食物来源可能会被各种玉米发现并埋葬。成年埋葬虫的双胞胎。当他们埋葬尸体的时候，他们把尸体剃光，卷成一个球，准备把它变成一个大窝的幼崽或幼虫的食物。完成后，一些成虫可能会留在育室中？贝倾向于尸体和饲料和保护幼虫，直到他们的发展？
When a young chipmunk dies in the woods, a wide variety of or? ganisms?from mammalian scav? engers to insects, fungi and microbes? compete for this sudden food bonanza. In New England, burying beetles rank as one of the most successful competi? tors. A chipmunk is a relatively large carcass for these 1.5 centimeter-long insects, and such a food source may be discovered and buried by various com? binations of adult burying beetles. As they bury the carcass, they shave it and roll it into a ball, readying it to become food for a single large brood of young, or grubs. Once finished, some of the adults may remain in the brood cham? ber to tend to the carcass and to feed and defend the larvae until their devel?