Behavioral and Physiological Resistance to Desiccation in Spotted Wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

With a high surface to volume ratio, small organisms must carefully regulate their internal water status. Spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), is an invasive frugivorous insect distributed across a wide range of geographical regions that can have periods of dry and hot weather, s...

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