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REARING WOOD-BORING BEETLES (CERAMBYCIDAE) ON ARTIFICIAL DIET

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

L. M. Gardiner
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory. Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Abstract

Over 50 species of Cerambycidae have been reared on artificial diet, 17 of them from the egg. The method, which is described, has proved useful in reducing rearing time in the production of larvae and pupae for taxonomic purposes. It has also demonstrated the occurrence of diapause in some species of Cerambycidae. Other potentially fruitful lines of investigation, made feasible by this method, are suggested.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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