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Attractiveness of Different Foods and Flowers to the Adults of some Hymenopterous Parasites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

K. Leius
K. Leius
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute for Biological Control, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
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Many attempts to establish introduced parasites in Canada failed though the climatic conditions at their release points were apparently similar to those of their native habitats (Thorpe, 1930; Baird et al., 1947). It is known that many adults of hymenopterous parasites feed on flowers, aphid honeydew, host body fluids, and other substances (Jackson, 19 37; Thorpe and Caudle: 1938; Schneider, 1939; Györfi, 1945, 1951; Zoebelein, 1956). This brings up the possibility that nourishment from one or more of the above sources is necessary for surviial and reproduction, and that some of the failures may have been because of the absence or scarcity of suitable adult food (Clausen. 1956). At present data on the food preferences of adult hymenopterous parasites are scarce. Except for a few field and laboratory observations, there are no experiments that demonstrate distinct preferences for one food over another. The results of the experiments described in the present paper demonstrate that adults of the species studied have preferences for some flowers and food substances tested.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 92 , Issue 5 , May 1960 , pp. 369 - 376
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1960

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