First Record of Microsporidia Infection in the Damselfly <i>Ischnura elegans</i> Larvae: Temperature and Predator Cue Effects on the Host’s Life History
Here, we report, for the first time, a microsporidian infection in laboratory-reared larvae of the damselfly <i>Ischnura elegans</i>. Infected larvae originated from field-collected adult females, which were caught in southern Poland in August 2020 (the second half of the flight season)....
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MDPI AG
2022-05-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/6/428 |