Tonic Immobility: A Defence Strategy in Insects
Ipsita Samal*
Division of Entomology, ICAR-IARI, Pusa, New Delhi, Delhi (110 012), India
Bhupen Kumar Sahu
Department of Sericulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam (785 013), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Anti-predatory, Defence, Thanatosis, Tonic immobility
Abstract
Anti-predatory defences are crucial to many aspects of behavioural ecology. Thanatosis (often called death-feigning) in this regard has long been an under-appreciated defence, despite being taxonomically and ecologically widespread. The behavioural defence in insects has been well established among insects, out of which tonic immobility or feigning death or thanatosis is a distinguishing phenomenon.
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