キジラミ類(同翅亜目:キジラミ上科)の甘露を吸蜜するメジロ Zosterops japonica
1991 年 39 巻 3 号 p. 103-105
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1991 年 39 巻 3 号 p. 103-105
We observed that Japanese White-eyes Zosterops japonica sucked honey dews secreted by two species of small jumping plant-lices, Heterophylla cubana and Stenopsylla nigricornis. This is the first observation of inter-specific relationship between homopteran insects and white-eyes. Such a foraging manner might be common in White-eyes. Although honey dew of homopteran insects is not neccessary to White-eyes as nectar resource, the homopteran insects seems important as insect foods.
