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Digger Wasp vs. Cricket: Application of the paralytic venom by the predator and changes in behavioural reactions of the prey after being stung

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    W. Gnatzy

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, D-82319, Seewiesen, Germany

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Gnatzy, W., Otto, D. Digger Wasp vs. Cricket: Application of the paralytic venom by the predator and changes in behavioural reactions of the prey after being stung. Naturwissenschaften 83, 467–470 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01144015

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