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Immature
Stages of Stelidae
Detailed information on immature stages of Apoidea, Stelidae is
being acquired. However, Clausen
(1940) noted that several eggs are laid along the side of the host. The cell is then sealed and the young
larvae of host and guest feed side by side without interference; but the Stelis
larva develops more rapidly, and the host thus dies of starvation. The young Stelis larva is equipped with long falcate
mandibles which extend forward similar to Chrysopidae. It is very aggressive
and, though much smaller than the host larva, often being only 1/4th its
length, is able to overpower it. References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm> [Additional
references may be found at: MELVYL Library] |