UV-Excited Fluorescence on Riparian Insects except Hymenoptera Is Associated with Nitrogen Content

I photographed ultraviolet-excited fluorescence of external resilin on insects in 7 orders, 17 families, and 18 genera collected from shrubs and trees alongside the Colorado River in western Arizona, USA. The localized blue-fluorescence characteristic of resilin was emitted by a variety of structur...

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Main Author: William D. Wiesenborn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/875250
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