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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Main Authors: Andrzej Antoł, Anna Maria Labecka, J. I. Ronny Larsson, Szymon Sniegula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/6/428