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Chemical camouflage of the death's head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos L.) in honeybee colonies

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  1. Bayerische Landesanstalt für Bienenzucht, W-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    R. F. A. Moritz

  2. Zoologisches Institut der Universität, W-8200, Würzburg, Germany

    W. H. Kirchner

  3. Department of Zoology, University of the Witwatersrand, 2001, Johannesburg, Republic South Africa

    R. M. Crewe

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Moritz, R.F.A., Kirchner, W.H. & Crewe, R.M. Chemical camouflage of the death's head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos L.) in honeybee colonies. Naturwissenschaften 78, 179–182 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01136209

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