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Aggregated oviposition byChymomyza amoena in Virginia and Michigan has been shown to be due to egg clustering, females attracted to fruits on whichC. amoena females have already oviposited, and to variation in fruit attractiveness. Negative binomialk values support behavioral similarities among females of this rarely seen species in both states. Discovery ofC. amoena in Europe may indicate that this larval overwintering drosophilid has a Holarctic distribution.
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The research in Virginia during summer 1986, conducted at Mt. Lake Biological Station, was supported by a fellowship from the University of Virginia. Thanks are gratefully extended to all property owners in Virginia and Michigan for allowing me to collect fruits and to Blaine Cole, Director and J.J. Murray, Chairman of the Biology Dept., University of Virginia for research space in 1986 and 1987. R. N. Band constructed the figures. Comments from reviewers have been helpful.
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Band, H.T. Aggregated oviposition byChymomyza amoena (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Experientia 45, 893–895 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01954067
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