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RELEASES OF ALTICA CARDUORUM (CHRYSOMELIDAE: COLEOPTERA) AGAINST THE WEED CANADA THISTLE (CIRSIUM ARVENSE) IN CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. Peschken ,
H. A. Friesen ,
N. V. Tonks  and
F. L. Banham
D. Peschken
Affiliation:
Canada Department of Agriculture
H. A. Friesen
Affiliation:
Canada Department of Agriculture
N. V. Tonks
Affiliation:
Canada Department of Agriculture
F. L. Banham
Affiliation:
Canada Department of Agriculture
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Abstract

The flea beetle Altica carduorum Guer. was released in four provinces in Canada to aid in the control of Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop, but did not survive in open fields with the exception of a small colony at Lacombe, Alta. It thrived, however, at four locations in different climates when protected by field cages. The mortality of the eggs and(or) the larvae reached 91%, that of the overwintering adults 83%. The mortality of the immature stages was apparently mainly due to predation and at a release site near Belleville Leptus sp. near curtipes Schweizer and Sphaerolophus sp. (Erythraeidae: Acarina) were implicated in tests with A. carduorum eggs labelled with P32. Field and laboratory experiments showed that dry continental summers, such as occur at Summerland, B.C., and Lacombe, Alta., were probably not detrimental to either egg development or pupation.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , March 1970 , pp. 264 - 271
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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