Preemptive Circular Defence of Immature Insects: Definition and Occurrences of Cycloalexy Revisited

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(a) Larvae of Proseicela spectabilis Baly (Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) at rest encircling the stem of their host plant with tachinid fly at the bottom left of the cluster and the adult female beetle on the opposite side. Photograph taken in Reventador, Napo Province, Ecuador, © G. Dury. (b) Circular resting position in Panamanian thrips (Anactinothrips sp.) on Maripa panamensis Hemsl. (Convolvulaceae). Photograph taken 24 April 2013, on Cerro Campana, Panama. © G. Dury.

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