Active behaviour of terrestrial caterpillars on the water surface

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Zoological Science

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Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

Undulatory behaviour by a Dinumma deponens larva on a pond water surface.

Active movement aided the larva in evading water striders [Aquarius paludum (Fabricius)]. Video credit: M. Hayashi.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11971/supp-1

Undulatory behaviour by Hypopyra vespertilio larvae on water surfaces under laboratory and field conditions.

Video credit: S. Sugiura and M. Hayashi.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11971/supp-2

Flick behaviour by Acosmetia biguttula larvae on water surfaces under laboratory and field conditions.

Active movement aided the larva in evading predation by a backswimmer (Notonecta triguttata) in the pond. Video credit: M. Hayashi.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11971/supp-3

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Masakazu Hayashi is a researcher at the Hoshizaki Green Foundation.

Author Contributions

Masakazu Hayashi conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Shinji Sugiura conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The data is available at Figshare: Hayashi, Masakazu; Sugiura, Shinji (2021): Data from: Active behaviour of terrestrial caterpillars on the water surface. figshare. Dataset. DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.11891442.v1.

Funding

The authors received no funding for this work.

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