A Mass-Rearing Method for the Assassin Bug Pristhesancus plagipennis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Grundy ◽  
Derek A. Maelzer ◽  
Allan Bruce ◽  
Errol Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Rearing Method ◽  
Pristhesancus Plagipennis ◽  
Assassin Bug

scholarly journals The assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis produces two distinct venoms in separate gland lumens

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew A. Walker ◽  
Mark L. Mayhew ◽  
Jiayi Jin ◽  
Volker Herzig ◽  
Eivind A. B. Undheim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pristhesancus Plagipennis ◽  
Assassin Bug

A METHOD FOR REARING VARIOUS SPECIES OF SOCIAL WASPS OF THE GENUS POLISTES (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE) UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS

1977 ◽  
Vol 109 (7) ◽  
pp. 1013-1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Gibo
Keyword(s):  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Simple Technique ◽  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Colony Growth ◽  
Social Wasps ◽  
Colony Founding ◽  
Rearing Method ◽  
Modified Method ◽  
Controlled Conditions ◽  
Caste Differences

Wasps of the genus Polistes have a number of characteristics that make them particularly suitable for studies on insect social behaviour. The females construct nests with exposed combs, have a reasonably complex social behaviour, and usually lack obvious morphological caste differences. In addition, the adults of many species establish colonies as groups of siblings (foundress associations), a method which is intermediate between colony founding by swarming, and colony founding by individual queens (Wilson 1971). Because of these characteristics, Polistes have been of interest to biologists who are concerned with the evolution of social behaviour in insects (e.g. Alexander 1974, Gibo 1974, Lin and Michener 1972, West 1967, West Eberhard 1969, 1975). Consequently, there is a need for a simple technique for rearing various species of Polistes under controlled conditions. Gibo (1974) briefly described modifications of Gillaspy's (1971) rearing method for P. apachus which made mass rearing of P. fascatus possible. This note describes the modified method in greater detail, and includes improvements that have resulted in increased yield and greater synchrony of colony growth. The improvements have been developed over 3 years and the method has been used to rear more than 100 colonies of various species of Polistes, including P. fuscatus, P. apachus, and P. dorsalis.

scholarly journals AN IMPROVED MASS-REARING METHOD OF THE CARROT RUST FLY, PSILA ROSAE (DIPTERA: PSILIDAE)

1971 ◽  
Vol 103 (7) ◽  
pp. 1033-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Städler
Keyword(s):  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Psila Rosae ◽  
Rate Of Development ◽  
Rearing Method ◽  
Yeast Hydrolysate

AbstractProtein fed to adults of the carrot rust fly, Psila rosae F., enhanced oviposition: the addition of yeast hydrolysate to the sugar diet resulted in a 50% increase in oviposition, giving an average of 75 eggs per female.A description is given of a simple oviposition device, which allows normal oviposition (compared with sand).Carrots planted in sand gave best rearing results when inoculated with eggs 14 days after insertion. Germinating carrot seeds placed on top of the sand improved the rate of development of the eggs to pupae from 40% to 62%.

A simple mass rearing method for dipha aphidivora, the pyralid predator of sugarcane woolly aphid ceratovacuna lanigera

Sugar Tech ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 160-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Mukunthan ◽  
R. Nirmala ◽  
G. Santhalakshmi ◽  
J. Srikanth ◽  
B. Singaravelu
Keyword(s):  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Rearing Method ◽  
Woolly Aphid ◽  
Simple Mass ◽  
Ceratovacuna Lanigera
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