The biology of Death’s Head Hawkmoths, lepidopteran kleptoparasites of honey bees

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Authors
Kitching, I cc
Issue date
2006-06
Submitted date
2016-10-27
Subject Terms
Acherontia atropos
Parasites
Apis mellifera
Bee-Keeping

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Abstract
This booklet gives basic information on the death's head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, including its feeding biology, life history, geographical distribution in the world, phylogenetics, and the evolutionary and behavioural relationship it has with honey bees.
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Kitching, I.J., The biology of Death’s Head Hawkmoths, lepidopteran kleptoparasites of honey bees. 2006, Natural History Museum. (Central Association of Beekeepers Lecture Booklet Series)
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Natural History Museum
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http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622692
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Book
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© Natural History Museum. Reproduced by the Central Association of Bee-Keepers by kind permission of the NHM. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/node/18783
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Lecture Booklet Series
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9781904379133
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