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Science 1 October 1982:
Vol. 218. no. 4567, pp. 76 - 77
DOI: 10.1126/science.218.4567.76
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Associative Learning in Egglaying Site Selection by Apple Maggot Flies

RONALD J. PROKOPY 1, ANNE L. AVERILL 1, SYLVIA S. COOLEY 1, and CAROL A. ROITBERG 1

1 Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003

Evidence is presented demonstrating that associative learning during oviposition in Crataegus or apple hosts can significantly influence the propensity of apple maggot flies to accept or reject these hosts in future encounters. The data suggest that within resource patches of a given host type there may be an enhancement of foraging efficiency.

Submitted on May 17, 1982


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