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Influence of Various Foods on Fecundity and Longevity of Adults of Scambus buolianae (Htg.) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

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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The effects of fiood od the fecundity and longevity of the adults of hymenopterous parasites vary remarkably, not only between species that are host feeders and those that are not host feeders, but also within these groups. It is known, for example, that the females of Itoplectis conquisitor (Say) develop only few eggs without feeding on body fluids of their host. In the present investigations it is shown that the females of Scambus buolianae (Htg.) are not able to deposit any eggs without first feeding on the tissues of their host. Such information is important for the successful establishment of newly-imported parasites.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 93 , Issue 12 , December 1961 , pp. 1079 - 1084
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1961

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