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Science 10 April 1964:
Vol. 144. no. 3615, pp. 180 - 181
DOI: 10.1126/science.144.3615.180
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Daily Fluctuation in the Blood Sugar Concentration of the House Cricket, Gryllus domesticus L

Józef W. Nowosielski 1 and Robert L. Patton 1

1 Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

The disaccharide trehalose is the main carbohydrate constituent in the hemolymph of the house cricket, Gryllus domesticus L. At different times of day the blood sugar in the hemolymph of crickets showed a fluctuation in trehalose concentration, which reached a peak value about 3 hours before dawn.

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