Dynamic information and host acceptance by a tephritid fruit fly

Abstract. 1. Female apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella Walsh) flies held in field cages usually oviposited in an unparasitized (non‐pheromone marked) fruit when it was encountered.

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