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A Laboratory-rearing Method for Observing Adult Bark Beetles and Their Developing Broods1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. E. Beanlands
G. E. Beanlands
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Forestry of Canada, Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Abstract

A method is described for the laboratory rearing of adult bark beetles and their broods in whole bark. A Petri dish rearing chamber is described, which maintains bark moisture at a relatively constant level for periods of up to two months and permits observation of adults and immature stages.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 98 , Issue 4 , April 1966 , pp. 412 - 414
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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