Do more food choices lead to bad decisions? A case study in predacious ladybird beetle,Propylea dissecta
Lata Verma,
Geetanjali Mishra,
Omkar
Abstract:Understanding why animals choose one food over another is one of the key questions underlying the fields of behaviour ecology. This study aims to test if ladybird beetles,Propylea dissectaMulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) can forage selectively for nutrients in order to redress specific nutritional imbalances to maximise their fitness. The general approach was, first, to manipulate the nutritional status of the predator by rearing them in five separate pre-treatment dietary groups from first instar larvae to… Show more
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