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A Laboratory Method of Mass Rearing the Black Cutworm, Agrotis ypsilon (Rott.), for Insecticide Tests1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. R. Harris ,
J. A. Begg  and
J. H. Mazurek
C. R. Harris
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Chatham, Ontario
J. A. Begg
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Chatham, Ontario
J. H. Mazurek
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Chatham, Ontario
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A number of techniques have been developed for rearing cutworms of economic importance. Most of those that were developed primarily for lifehistory studies (Crumb, 1929; Hocking, 1952; King and Atkinson, 1927; Satterthwait, 1933; Snyder, 1954) are unsatisfactory for mass rearing. Mass rearing techniques have been developed for several cutworms of economic importance (Jacobson and Blakeley, 1957; Swingle et al., 1941; Waters, 1937; and Wylie and Palm, 1940). However, the black cutworm, Agrotis ypsilon (Rott.), is difficult to rear because of cannibalism.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 90 , Issue 6 , June 1958 , pp. 328 - 331
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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