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Butterfly fecundity and longevity monitoring (Nymphalidae)
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Description
Daily monitoring of individual female butterflies including artificial feeding with sucrose solution and daily egg collection. Measures lifetime reproductive output and adult lifespan under controlled conditions.
Typical Equipment
- Hamilton syringe
- 25% v/v sucrose water
- plastic plates
- violet leaves
Output Measurements
- daily egg production
- lifetime fecundity
- adult lifespan
- food intake
Papers Using This Protocol (4)
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Carry-over effects of larval food stress on adult energetics and life history in a nectar-feeding butterfly
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Oviposition behavior and offspring performance in herbivorous insects: consequences of climatic and habitat heterogeneity
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Development to diapause in a population of <i>Euphydryas gillettii</i> (Nymphalidae): effects of egg cluster size and habitat parameters
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