Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Hesperiidae"”.
-
Density and Dispersion of Insect Herbivores on Lamb's-Quarters (Chenopodium Album)
… Pholisora catullus Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), which was abundant in open fields. A variety of natural history observations were made for these two insect species, and captive rearing techniques were developed for the leaf miners.
-
Habitat characterization of Saskatchewan's Dakota skipper, Hesperia dacotae population
… skipper, Hesperia dacotae (Skinner, 1911) (Hesperiidae), is an at-risk butterfly species that inhabits the mesic mixed-grass prairie. The Dakota skipper is listed endangered under the federal Species at Risk Act. Loss of native prairie is the main factor driving declines in Dakota skipper …
-
Cool as a caterpillar: Understanding the responses of butterflies to temperature across the life cycle
… the strongest ability to thermoregulate, but Hesperiidae, small and dark butterflies tolerating the highest temperatures. There was also an interaction between capacity to thermoregulate and thermal tolerance, whereby species better at thermoregulating had lower thermal tolerance, and vice …