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Predation of Grasshopper Eggs by Ground Squirrels1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. Pickford
R. Pickford
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Abstract

A heavily infested egg-bed of Camnula pellucida (Scudder) was severely damaged by the predatory action of Citellus tridecemlineatus tridecemlineatus (Mitchill). This infestation, consisting of an estimated 800 eggs per square foot, was reduced by more than 90%. About half the damage occurred during the autumn after oviposition and half during the following spring prior to hatching.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 97 , Issue 8 , August 1965 , pp. 836 - 838
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1965

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