Effect of temperature on the development, oviposition, and mortality of Tribolium audax Halstead and Tribolium madens (Charpentier) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 1189-1193 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. B. Smith ◽  
P. S. Barker
Keyword(s):  
Development Time ◽  
Adult Stage ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Oviposition Period ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Complete Development ◽  
Development Times ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Pupal Mortality ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

The effect of temperature on development time, oviposition, and mortality of the sibling species Tribolium audax Halstead and Tribolium madens (Charpentier) was investigated in the laboratory. The mean development times of T. madens, not including slow-developing larvae, ranged from 54 days at 25 °C and 75% RH to 24 days at 35 °C and 75% RH. The corresponding mean development times for T. audax were 50.5–27.4 days. At 25 °C and below, the larvae of each species separated into two groups, one continuing to the adult stage and the other entering a resting stage. The resting stage could not be broken by a period of 2 weeks at −5 °C. The slow-developing larvae required 4 to 5 times as long to complete their development as those that developed rapidly. Slow-developing larvae of T. madens that had been at 17.5 °C and 75% RH for 658 days, and of T. audax that had been in the same conditions for 908 days, could complete development when placed at 27.5 °C and 75% RH. Peak oviposition for T. madens occurred at 17 weeks after adult emergence at both 27.5 and 30 °C; the total oviposition period was 47 weeks at 30 °C and 60 weeks at 27.5 °C. Peak oviposition for T. audax occurred at 6 weeks at both 27.5 and 30 °C; the total oviposition period was 36 weeks at 30 °C and 59 weeks at 27.5 °C. Larval and pupal mortality was low at 25 °C or above in T. madens and T. audax. Below 25 °C the survival rate of T. madens was somewhat higher than that for T. audax.

Population Biology of Orangestriped Oakworm (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Southeastern Virginia

1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-229
Author(s):  
Mark A. Coffelt ◽  
Peter B. Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Population Biology ◽  
Development Time ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Egg Mass ◽  
Mass Size ◽  
Quercus Palustris ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Pupal Mortality ◽  
Egg Mass Size

Population biology of orangestriped oakworm, Anisota senatoria (J. E. Smith), was studied in southeastern Virginia. Egg mass size was larger on Quercus palustris Muench., pin oak, compared with Q. phellos L., willow oak. Females produced a sex pheromone that attracted male moths. Blacklight traps were not effective for monitoring A. senatoria adults. Peak male emergence occurred on 2 July, 4 days earlier than female. The mean life span was 33.5 days in the laboratory. Pupal mortality was high and only 1.2% of the pupae produced moths in 1989 and 1990. Pupae were capable of overwintering for two years in the field. The first report of a second generation from September - November was documented. Second generation A. senatoria oviposited more egg masses, infested more trees and had a longer development time compared with first generation. Large egg mass size, pupae that were capable of overwintering for two years and the presence of a second generation may partially explain the consistent A. senatoria populations that have occurred in southeastern Virginia.

scholarly journals Variation in Performance and Resistance to Parasitism of Plutella xylostella Populations

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Rieta Gols ◽  
Gaylord A. Desurmont ◽  
Jeffrey A. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plutella Xylostella ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Insect Herbivore ◽  
Larval Performance ◽  
Development Times ◽  
Pupal Mortality

Two major ecological factors determine the fitness of an insect herbivore: the ability to overcome plant resistance strategies (bottom-up effects) and the ability to avoid or resist attack by natural enemies such as predators and parasitoids (top-down effects). In response to differences in selection pressure, variation may exist in host-plant adaptation and immunity against parasitism among populations of an insect herbivore. We investigated the variation in larval performance of six different Plutella xylostella populations originating from four continents when feeding on a native Dutch plant species, Brassica rapa. One of the used populations has successfully switched its host plant, and is now adapted to pea. In addition, we determined the resistance to attack by the endoparasitoid Diadegma semiclausum originating from the Netherlands (where it is also native) and measured parasitoid performance as a proxy for host resistance against parasitism. Pupal mortality, immature development times, and adult biomass of P. xylostella differed significantly across populations when feeding on the same host plant species. In addition, parasitism success differed in terms of parasitoid adult emergence and their biomass, but not their development times. Variation among natural populations of insects should be considered more when studying interactions between plants and insects up the food chain.

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE EMERGENCE OF OVERWINTERING PHYLLONORYCTER BLANCARDELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: GRACILLARIIDAE) AND ITS PARASITE APANTELES ORNIGIS (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) IN NOVA SCOTIA

1983 ◽  
Vol 115 (9) ◽  
pp. 1203-1208 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Herbert ◽  
K. B. McRae
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Development Time ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Pupal Development ◽  
Temperature Regimes ◽  
Phyllonorycter Blancardella ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Threshold Of Development

AbstractAdult emergence of the spotted tentiform leafminer, Phyllonorycter blancardella (F.), and its primary endoparasite, Apanteles ornigis Weed, from overwintering pupae was studied at five constant temperatures. Days to 50% emergence for P. blancardella were 55.4, 24.4, 14.4, 10.8, and 8.3 and for A. ornigis were ∞, 47.8, 25.6, 17.6, and 15.1 at 8°, 12°, 16°, 20°, and 24 °C, respectively. The rate of pupal development was approximately a linear function of temperature for P. blancardella but was nonlinear for A. ornigis. The threshold of development, estimated from the 50% emergence data, was 4.4 ±.33 °C for the host and 9.6 ±.50 °C for the parasite. The development time for the host was approximately one half that for the parasite at temperatures 12°–24 °C. The difference in emergence dates between host and parasite under normal Nova Scotia conditions was predicted to be 35 days. The timing of chemical controls in an integrated pest management program could be predicted from the accumulation of daily development units based on the power function for both species, provided a field study is undertaken to confirm the extrapolation to diurnal temperature regimes.

scholarly journals Post-embryonic Development of Mischocyttarus latior (Fox) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Sociobiology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 446
Author(s):  
Daniel Simões Santos Cecílio ◽  
Agda Alves Da Rocha ◽  
Edilberto Giannotti
Keyword(s):  
Development Time ◽  
Total Duration ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Fourth Instar ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Colony Development ◽  
Abdominal Sternite ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
The Mean

Mischocyttarus latior (Fox) occurs in Bolivia and in Brazil and has been recorded in Cerrado areas from southeast Brazil. The objectives of the present study were to describe the immature stages of M. latior, determine the development time of the immature stages and determine which factors affect its duration. Daily mappings were performed from March 1994 to August 1995 in 22 nests. Two nests were also collected and dissected to characterize immatures. Larvae presented five instars and unlike most Mischocyttarus, M. latior has only a single lobe on the abdominal sternite, which is vestigial in third instar, emergent in fourth instar and fully developed in the fifth instar larvae. The mean duration of the immature stages (from egg laying to adult emergence), was 67.38 ± 9.41 days, a longer period than the total duration of the immature stages of other previously studied species. The development time of the immatures was variable, depending on the colony development stage, with development times being quicker in pre-emergence colonies.

TEMPERATURE AND PHOTOPERIOD EFFECTS ON THE IMMATURE STAGES AND ADULTS OF NEODIPRION SWAINEI (HYMENOPTERA: DIPRIONIDAE)

1971 ◽  
Vol 103 (12) ◽  
pp. 1705-1715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard J. R. Philogène ◽  
Daniel M. Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Larval Stage ◽  
Adult Stage ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Complete Development ◽  
Controlled Conditions ◽  
Effects Of Temperature

AbstractLarvae of Neodiprion swainei Midd. were reared to the adult stage under controlled conditions of temperature and photoperiod. The effects of temperature are particularly evident during the larval stage, cocoon spinning, and adult emergence and are also observed through variation in cocoon weight and fecundity. Feeding, fecundity, and diapause are directly related to photoperiod. Larvae eat more when the photophase is long, an effect that is detrimental to the organism because there is a parallel loss of energy expressed in the number of day-degrees required to complete development.

Comparative development, longevity and population growth of exotic and native parasitoids of lepidopteran cereal stemborers in Kenya

2001 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 347-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.C. Mbapila ◽  
W.A. Overholt
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Intrinsic Rate ◽  
Natural Increase ◽  
Cotesia Flavipes ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Cotesia Sesamiae ◽  
Comparative Development ◽  
Native Parasitoids ◽  
The Mean

AbstractStudies on the effect of temperature on the development, longevity and population growth of Cotesia flavipes Cameron and Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron) indicated that the development of both Cotesia spp. from oviposition to cocoon formation and adult emergence was inversely to temperature. The longevity of the parasitoids was also inversely related to temperature. Both parasitoids lived longer when moisture and food (agar + honey/water) were provided. The mean number of females and total adult progeny produced by C. flavipes on two host were, in most cases, higher than C. sesamiae. The intrinsic rate of natural increase of C. flavipes was higher than that of C. sesamiae.

Temperature-dependent development, survival and reproduction of Apanteles hemara (Nixon) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on Spoladea recurvalis (F.) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (5) ◽  
pp. 577-587
Author(s):  
M. K. Agbodzavu ◽  
Z. Osiemo-Lagat ◽  
M. Gikungu ◽  
S. Ekesi ◽  
K. K. M. Fiaboe
Keyword(s):  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Developmental Time ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Thermal Constant ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Immature Development ◽  
Survival And Reproduction ◽  
Pupal Mortality ◽  
Increasing Temperature

AbstractThe temperature-dependent development of Apanteles hemara (Nixon), a larval endoparasitoid of the devastating amaranth pest Spoladea recurvalis (F.) was studied in the laboratory at six constant temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 °C), a photoperiod of 12L:12D and a relative humidity of 60–70%. Developmental time decreased significantly with increasing temperature within the range of 15–30 °C. The parasitoid's pupal mortality, successful parasitism rate, adult emergence rate and longevity, sex ratio and fecundity were affected by temperature. The population of A. hemara failed to develop at 10 and 35 °C. The development threshold (Tmin) and the thermal constant (K) were calculated by the linear model while the lethal temperature (Tmax) was determined by the Lactin-1 model. The estimated values of Tmin, Tmax and K by the two models were 10.3 °C, 35.0 °C and 185.18 DD respectively for the total immature development. The estimated value of the optimum temperature using the Taylor model was 30.8 °C. This is the first study to report on the effect of temperature on the developmental parameters of A. hemara giving an insight into its biology. The implications of these findings for the use of A. hemara in biological control are discussed.

scholarly journals Is High Whitefly Abundance on Cassava in Sub-Saharan Africa Driven by Biological Traits of a Specific, Cryptic Bemisia tabaci Species?

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Habibu Mugerwa ◽  
Peter Sseruwagi ◽  
John Colvin ◽  
Susan Seal
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Bemisia Tabaci ◽  
Development Time ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Biological Traits ◽  
Population Development ◽  
Species Classification ◽  
First Instar ◽  
Sub Saharan

In East Africa, the prevalent Bemisia tabaci whiteflies on the food security crop cassava are classified as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) species. Economically damaging cassava whitefly populations were associated with the SSA2 species in the 1990s, but more recently, it has been to SSA1 species. To investigate whether biological traits (number of first instar nymphs, emerged adults, proportion of females in progeny and development time) of the cassava whitefly species are significant drivers of the observed field abundance, our study determined the development of SSA1 sub-group (SG) 1 (5 populations), SG2 (5 populations), SG3 (1 population) and SSA2 (1 population) on cassava and eggplant under laboratory conditions. SSA1-(SG1-SG2) and SSA2 populations’ development traits were similar. Regardless of the host plant, SSA1-SG2 populations had the highest number of first instar nymphs (60.6 ± 3.4) and emerged adults (50.9 ± 3.6), followed by SSA1-SG1 (55.5 ± 3.2 and 44.6 ± 3.3), SSA2 (45.8 ± 5.7 and 32.6 ± 5.1) and the lowest were SSA1-SG3 (34.2 ± 6.1 and 32.0 ± 7.1) populations. SSA1-SG3 population had the shortest egg–adult emergence development time (26.7 days), followed by SSA1-SG1 (29.1 days), SSA1-SG2 (29.6 days) and SSA2 (32.2 days). Regardless of the whitefly population, development time was significantly shorter on eggplant (25.1 ± 0.9 days) than cassava (34.6 ± 1.0 days). These results support that SSA1-(SG1-SG2) and SSA2 B. tabaci can become highly abundant on cassava, with their species classification alone not correlating with observed abundance and prevalence.

Preparation and Characterization of Carbon Supported Nano-Nickel and its Sorption Behavior for Zinc from Aqueous Solutions

2012 ◽  
Vol 510-511 ◽  
pp. 271-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tayyaba Asim ◽  
R. Ahmed ◽  
M.S. Ansari
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Study ◽  
Aqueous System ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Vacuum Drying ◽  
Sorption Behavior ◽  
Nickel Deposition ◽  
Adsorption Data ◽  
Nano Nickel ◽  
The Mean

Nickel deposited on carbon has been used as adsorbent to recover Zn (II) from aqueous system. The adsorbent was synthesized by depositing nickel nitrate on carbon under inert conditions and decomposing it to nickel by raising the temperature, washing and vacuum drying. Various techniques including XRD, FTIR, and SEM were employed for its characterization. FTIR showed that the nickel deposition enhanced the carbon functionalization due to presence of OH, C=O and C-O groups.Average crystallite size ofabout 9 nm was determined from XRD. Nickel deposition resulted in further division particles as indicated from the morphological study. Zn (II) was subjected to adsorptionon the synthesized adsorbent. It was observed that the rate of adsorption increased significantly on the nickel deposited carbon than the carbon alone. Morris-Weber, Lagergren and Reichenberg models were applied to find out the type and rate of adsorption employingfirst and second order rate equations.The adsorption data were applied toLangmuir, Freundlich and D-R isotherms and values of isotherm constants were calculated and were higher for Ni/C than carbon alone. The mean free energy of zinc sorption on carbon and Ni/C are 16.67 and 18.26 kJmol-1 which shows chemisorption. Thermodynamic studies were done to find out the effect of temperature on sorption. Positive values of ΔH and negative values of ΔG show endothermic and spontaneous type of sorption.

STUDIES ON STRONGYLOIDES OF PRIMATES: IV. EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE FREE-LIVING STAGES OF STRONGYLOIDES FULLEBORNI

1958 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Premvati
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Optimum Temperature ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Infective Larvae ◽  
Complete Development

The optimum temperature for the complete development of the free-living and the infective larvae of Strongyloides fülleborni is 25 °C. Morphological changes are seen at higher or lower temperatures.

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