Importance of Adult Food Sources to Host Searching of the Larval Parasitoid Microplitis croceipes

1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Takasu ◽  
W.J. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Microplitis Croceipes ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Host Searching ◽  
Larval Parasitoid ◽  
Adult Food

scholarly journals An acquired distaste: sugar discrimination by the larval parasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is affected by prior sugar exposure

2014 ◽  
Vol 217 (10) ◽  
pp. 1692-1700 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Makatiani ◽  
H. K. Le ◽  
D. M. Olson ◽  
F. L. Wackers ◽  
K. Takasu
Keyword(s):  
Microplitis Croceipes ◽  
Larval Parasitoid

Tethered-flight and Age-related Reproductive Performance of Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren) and H. armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

1997 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Coombs
Keyword(s):  
Adult Life ◽  
Reproductive Activity ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Tethered Flight ◽  
Flight Capacity ◽  
Early Adult Life ◽  
Adult Lives ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
Adult Food

Flight capacity of female and male moths was age dependent in both H. punctigera and H. armigera using a tethered-flight technique. In H. punctigera, flight capacity increased from the first night following emergence up to Night 4, and was maintained at least until Night 10. In H. armigera, a peak in flight capacity occurred on Night 4, followed by a decline with increasing age. Long-flying moths (> 5 h duration) were evident in both species from the night following emergence. Attainment of reproductive maturity was rapid in both species, with 91% of H. punctigera and 77% of H. armigera ovipositing by Night 3. Hence, the increase in flight capacity recorded for both species during early adult life is coincident with the onset of reproductive activity. Both species retain the capacity for extensive inter-crop and inter-regional movement throughout most of the reproductive phase of their adult lives. Neither successful mating or the absence of adult food sources influenced flight capacity during early adult life.

scholarly journals Introduction and establishment of Microplitis croceipes a larval parasitoid of heliothis in North Island pine forests

2000 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 328-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.J.B. Herman ◽  
M.M Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Pinus Radiata ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Microplitis Croceipes ◽  
The Third ◽  
The North ◽  
Larval Parasitoid ◽  
Recent Outbreak ◽  
Pine Trees ◽  
Helicoverpa Armígera

Heliothis (Helicoverpa armigera) is a periodic pest of young pine trees (Pinus radiata) In response to a recent outbreak of this pest Microplitis croceipes a parasitoid of heliothis larvae was introduced into forests of the North Island volcanic plateau to augment biological control of heliothis A total of 13600 M croceipes pupae were released at monthly intervals over three seasons (199598) Successful overwintering of M croceipes populations confirmed establishment in the forests Mean monthly parasitism reached 107 in the third season Surveys at points radiating out from the release sites indicated that M croceipes was spreading at approximately 1 km per year

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