Behavior
Population density of larva plays a major role in their behavior. At low density, larva remain inactive during the day, but in high populations become hyperactive. Larva will climb up any object in their path in search of food, including telephone poles, vehicles, even people.
Interbreeding produces deleterious genetic effects, and dispersal serves to reduces this effect.
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