Arthropod use of invertebrate carrion

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Am. Midl. Nat.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/2425017· OSTI ID:5780013

Seastedt, T R; Mameli, L; Gridley, K

Arthropods associated with cricket carcasses placed on top and within deciduous forest litter were collected for 12 months. Vespid wasps and ants quickly removed carcasses left on top of forest litter, but carcasses placed within litter persisted throughout the study. Major consumers of carcasses in litter varied seasonally; maggots dominated on fresh carcasses in summer, but fresh carcasses placed in litter in autumn were consumed by other arthropods. A gamasid mite, Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) johnieae, dominated the microarthropod fauna found on exoskeleton fragments. A method for collecting invertebrate carrion feeders and measuring carrion disappearance is presented. 15 references, 2 tables.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AS09-76EV00641
• OSTI ID: 5780013
• Journal Information: Am. Midl. Nat.; (United States), Vol. 105:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
FOREST LITTER
DECOMPOSITION
INSECTS
FOOD CHAINS
ANTS
ARTHROPODS
INGESTION
MEASURING METHODS
MITES
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
WASPS
ANIMALS
ARACHNIDS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
HYMENOPTERA
INTAKE
INVERTEBRATES
MATERIALS
VARIATIONS
510100* - Environment
Terrestrial- Basic Studies- (-1989)