scholarly journals Oviposition preference hierarchy in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera, Tephritidae): influence of female age and experience

2001 ◽  
pp. 93-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iara S. Joachim-Bravo ◽  
Odair A. Fernandes ◽  
Sérgio A. Bortoli ◽  
Fernando S. Zucoloto
Keyword(s):  
Ceratitis Capitata ◽  
Oviposition Preference ◽  
Female Age ◽  
Preference Hierarchy

scholarly journals Iological and behavioral aspects of two laboratory strains of ceratitis capitata (diptera: tephritidae): the influence of periodic introduction of wild flies in the colony

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iara Sordi Joachim-Bravo ◽  
Alberto Moreira da Silva Neto ◽  
Vanessa Simões Dias
Keyword(s):  
Life Histories ◽  
Ceratitis Capitata ◽  
Oviposition Behavior ◽  
Ingestion Rate ◽  
Oviposition Preference ◽  
Adult Size ◽  
Food Ingestion ◽  
Egg Viability ◽  
Laboratory Conditions ◽  
Mating Choice

The healthy maintenance of insects reared under laboratory conditions requires strategies to retain the natural characteristics of their life-histories traits. Rearing strategies include artificial selection to laboratory conditions, hybridization with compatible strains, and supplying the colony with wild individuals. We compared behavioral as well as life-history aspects of two laboratory strains of Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera, Tephritidae) that had either been reared for 15-20 years under laboratory conditions with or without introducing wild specimens (Lab-Pop and Hybrid-pop, respectively). The parameters evaluated were: performance and food ingestion of immatures, adult size and longevity, female oviposition preference and fecundity, egg viability, and mating choice. Analyses of these parameters were conducted under laboratory rearing conditions. The largest differences observed between the two strains were related to behavioral components: food ingestion rate at the larval stage and oviposition behavior. In general, Lab-Pop individuals were less selective and more adapted to the artificial diet than Hybrid-Pop individuals (diet consumption), but there were no significant differences between the two strains in terms of percentage of emergence, egg viability, adult size, fecundity, and mating choice. It is suggested that the use of hybrid strains is more appropriate than the use of strains without the incorporation of wild individuals, especially in studies that involve behavioral parameters, as hybrid strains behave very similarly to wild populations, according our previous studies.

scholarly journals Oviposition preference and biological performance of Ceratitis capitata in Anacardiaceae, Cactaceae and Vitaceae fruit

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzany Aguiar Leite ◽  
Daniela Ribeiro da Costa ◽  
Ana Elizabete Lopes Ribeiro ◽  
Aldenise Alves Moreira ◽  
Raymundo José de Sá Neto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ceratitis Capitata ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Oviposition Preference ◽  
Laboratory Population ◽  
Vitis Vinifera L ◽  
Adult Size ◽  
Biological Performance ◽  
Social Importance ◽  
First Time ◽  
Pupal Mass

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to compare the use of fruits of great economic and social importance for the northeast of Brazil by Ceratitis capitata Wied. (Diptera: Tephritidae) for oviposition, larval development, size and longevity of adults. Fruits of mango (Mangifera indica L.), quiabento (Pereskia bahiensis Gürke), forage palm [Opuntia fícus indica (L.) Mill] and grape (Vitis vinifera L.) were used, as well as flies from a hybrid laboratory population. Initially, four treatments (fruits) and six replications were used; the fruits were offered to 10 C. capitata couples, with later (96 hours) egg count. The second was conducted with six treatments and 10 replicates, offering two types of fruits simultaneously, combined two to two, to 10 C. capitata couples. The last bioassay comprised four treatments and six replicates, where 20 g of fruit were offered to 20 first-instar C. capitata larvae. After six days, the larvae were placed in plastic pots containing vermiculite until pupation, quantifying larval and pupal periods, viability and pupal mass, besides longevity and adult size. The data were submitted to ANOVA using the R Core Team software. Ceratitis capitata oviposits and completes its biological cycle in the four hosts studied, exhibiting no preference for oviposition and low biological performance in quiabento fruits. It yielded smaller adults and lower grape survival. Cactaceae palm and quiabento allow the survival of C. capitata in the laboratory, and this knowledge has been reported for the first time, proving that they can act as alternative hosts in the field.

Laboratory observations on oviposition by the predaceous tree-hole mosquito, Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis (Diptera: Culicidae)

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 1104-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Trimble
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Oviposition Preference ◽  
Major Peak ◽  
Female Age ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Tree Hole ◽  
Minor Peak ◽  
The Mean ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Toxorhynchites Rutilus

The number and hatchability of eggs laid each day was observed for 15 consecutive days in 24 females isolated individually. During the first 5 days of oviposition, the proportion of females laying eggs varied from 0.45 to 0.82 and then decreased to an average value of 0.30. There was no relationship between female age and hatchability, and with one exception, unhatched eggs were not embryonated. For the 18 females surviving to day 15, the mean total number of eggs laid was 38.89 and the mean total number of retained mature eggs was 62.44. There was no relationship between the total numbers laid and retained.Oviposition was diurnal, with a minor peak during the 1st h of the photophase and a major peak during the hour preceding evening twilight.Females showed an oviposition preference for Aedes aegypti (L.) rearing medium over deionized water.Results are discussed in relation to the behaviour and ecology of Toxorhynchites mosquitoes.

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