… for the accurate evaluation of the response of pollen beetles to chemical stimuli, including
those emanating from different plants and plant parts. The present paper describes a simple …

… The objective of this study is to determine whether pollen beetles show differential oviposition
and feeding on potential host plants. Pollen beetles were free to move between host plants …

… in addition to masking host plant attraction, the response of the beetles to the odour alone
was … to the pollen beetles (Experiments 3–5), which indicates that non-host volatiles can repel …

… -quality host (Sinapis alba L.) and the high-quality host (Brassica … Pollen beetles laid shorter
eggs on low-quality hosts both for … host plants and for the same individuals on different host …

… We found no consistent effect of host plant on risk for pollen beetle parasitization by P.
morionellus in this study. Therefore the outcome of the interaction between a less preferred …

… , pollen beetle clutch size does not change with age. The maternal host species for beetles
used … Therefore age and maternal host plant should not confound the results of this study. The …

… of the dominant species of pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus, as a basis for further studies
on the role of plant chemistry for its oviposition. Pollen beetles overwinter as adults in wooded …

… In an earlier study pollen beetles, Meligethes aeneus (F.) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), … hosts.
In this study we monitored the daily oviposition rate of female pollen beetles on hosts plants of …

… establish whether two host plants with high and low suitability for pollen beetles (Meligethes …
any influence of the host plant species. Survival and weights of pollen beetles from S. alba …

… (highly specialized pollen beetles associated with flowers of … of evolution of their larval/host-plant
associations. Evidence from … reconstruction of larval/host-plant associations, suggested …