Abstract:In most animals, morphological changes are closely correlated to changes in behavior during ontogeny. Females of the winter cherry bug, Acanthocoris sordidus (Thunberg), often oviposit away from host plants. Firstinstar nymphs of A. sordidus can develop to the second instar only with water. Thus, it is the second-instar nymphs that have to search for host plants when A. sordidus females oviposit off host plants, implying that movement is of greater importance during the second instar than during other instars.… Show more
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