Kleptoparasitism
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kleptoparasitism-169-10645542
title:
Kleptoparasitism
text:
Kleptoparasitism is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, such as when food is scarce or when victims are abundant. Many kleptoparasites are arthropods, especially bees and wasps, but including some true flies, dung beetles, bugs, and spiders. Cuckoo bees are specialized kleptoparasites which lay their eggs either on the pollen masses made by other bees, or on the insect
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of animal feeding strategy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptoparasitism
date created:
2003-11-01T09:03:20Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T23:28:50Z
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13
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