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昆虫の防御戦略には
科学的な用語で「Fecal shield」という
「糞の防御」戦略があります。
昆虫たちの多様で珍しい糞を使った防御のお話
これから始めていきます！

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【参考資料】
Starrett, Andrew (1993). "Adaptive resemblance: a unifying concept for mimicry and crypsis".
Fredric V. vencl et al., (1999). "Shield defense of a larval tortoise beetle."
Thomas Eisner et al., (2000). "Defensive use of a fecal thatch by a beetle larva(Hemisphaerota cyanea)."
Martha R. Weiss. (2003). "Good housekeeping: why do shelter-dwelling caterpillars fling their frass?"
Martha R. Weiss et al., (2003). "Uniformity of Leaf Shelter Construction by Larvae of Epargyreus clarus (Hesperiidae), the Silver-Spotted Skipper."
Kaniyarikkal Divakaran Prathapan et al., (2011). "Biology of Blepharida-group flea beetles with first notes on natural history of Podontia congregata Baly, 1865 an endemic flea beetle from southern India (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)"
Caroline Chaboo., (2011). "Defensive Behaviors in Leaf Beetles: 1From the Unusual to the Weird."
Min-Hui Liu et al., (2014). "Evidence of bird dropping masquerading by a spider to avoid predators."
Second SpiderIndia Meet in Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India by Paris Basumatary

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