Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-nmvwc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-14T22:29:40.356Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

EFFECT OF OVIPOSITION SITES ON EGG PRODUCTION AND LONGEVITY OF TROGODERMA PARABILE (COLEOPTERA: DERMESTIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

S. R. Loschiavo
S. R. Loschiavo
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Pairs of adults of Trogoderma parabile Beal were held in glass vials and provided with one of seven types of oviposition sites. Among the types of oviposition sites tested, the highest mean egg production was recorded on cotton balls and the lowest in empty glass vials. Egg production was not increased by adding food to vials that contained cotton balls. A suitable oviposition site, which provided crevices for insertion of the ovipositor, was more important than food in stimulating egg production. Non-ovipositing females lived longer than productive females on the various oviposition media. Adults fed, but did not require food to lay eggs. Mated females laid practically the same number of eggs during the oviposition period whether or not males were present.

Type
Articles
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 1 , January 1968 , pp. 86 - 89
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bond, E. J., and Monro, H. A. U.. 1954. Rearing the cadelle Tenebroides mauritanicus (L.) (Coleoptera: Ostomidae) as a test insect for insecticidal research. Can. Ent. 86: 402–408.Google Scholar
Burges, H. D. 1961. The effect of temperature, humidity and quantity of food on the development and diapause of Trogoderma parabile Beal. Bull. ent. Res. 51: 685–696.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Duncan, D. B. 1955. Multiple range and multiple F tests. Biometries 11: 1–42.Google Scholar
Hadaway, A. B. 1956. The biology of the dermestid beetles, Trogoderma granarium Everts and Trogoderma versicolor (Creutz.). Bull. ent. Res. 46: 781–796.Google Scholar
Kramer, C. Y. 1956. Extension of multiple range tests to group means with unequal numbers of replications. Biometrics 12: 307–310.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Loschiavo, S. R. 1960. Life-history and behaviour of Trogoderma parabile Beal (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Can. Ent. 92: 611–618.Google Scholar
Loschiaro, S. R.Adult longevity and oviposition of Trogoderma parabile Beal (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) at different temperatures. J. stored prod. Res. 3: 273–282.Google Scholar
Norris, M. J. 1936. Experiments on some factors affecting fertility in Trogoderma versicolor (Creutz.) (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). J. Anim. Ecol. 5: 19–22.Google Scholar