PREDATION ON THE IMPORTED CABBAGEWORM PIERIS RAPAE BY THE STINK BUG EUSCHISTUS SERVUS EUSCHISTOIDES (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE)

1985 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. 641-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Culliney
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Pieris Rapae ◽  
New York State ◽  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Arthropod Community ◽  
Stink Bug ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
Central New York ◽  
Euschistus Servus ◽  
Voucher Specimens

On 2 occasions in August 1983, during the course of a study of the arthropod community associated with collards (Brassica oleracea L. [Cruciferae]) in central New York State, the pentatomid bug Euschistus servus euschistoides (Vollenhoven) was observed feeding on larvae of the imported cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae (L.). The individuals making the attacks, both adults, were discovered on the upper surface of a collard leaf with 4th-stage caterpillars firmly impaled on their rostra. Both caterpillars appeared lifeless. In 1 case, the P. rapae larva appeared somewhat shrunken, indicating that the bug had probably removed some body fluids from it. Voucher specimens of the bug have been deposited in the Cornell University Insect Collection (lot #1137). This note constitutes another record of predatory behavior exhibited by this nominal phytophage (Esselbaugh 1948; McPherson 1982).

NEW OBSERVATIONS OF PREDATION BY PLANT BUGS (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE)

1986 ◽  
Vol 118 (7) ◽  
pp. 729-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Culliney ◽  
David Pimentel ◽  
Ofelia S. Namuco ◽  
Barbara A. Capwell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Feeding Behavior ◽  
Brassica Oleracea ◽  
Pieris Rapae ◽  
New York State ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
York State ◽  
Central New York ◽  
Apanteles Glomeratus

During the course of a census of arthropods in a collard crop (Brassica oleraceavar.acephala) (Cruciferae) in central New York State in summer 1985, the authors witnessed frequent incidents of unusual feeding behavior in mirid bugs. In late July and early August, numerous observations were made by three of the authors (TWC, OSN, and BAC) of apparent feeding by nymphal (2nd–4th instar) and adult tarnished plant bugs,Lygus linolaris(Palisot de Beauvois), on cocoons ofApanteles glomeratus(L.), a braconid parasitoid of the imported cabbageworm,Pieris rapae(L.). The predation occurred in a period of unusually highP. rapaepopulation densities (estimated at 150 000 ha−1), whenA. glomeratuscocoons were abundant on collard leaves.

PREDATION ON ADULT PHYLLOTRETA FLEA BEETLES BY PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE) AND NABICULA AMERICOLIMBATA (HEMIPTERA: NABIDAE)

1986 ◽  
Vol 118 (7) ◽  
pp. 731-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Culliney
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
First Record ◽  
Arthropod Community ◽  
Podisus Maculiventris ◽  
Phyllotreta Cruciferae ◽  
Flea Beetles ◽  
Central New York ◽  
Insect Predators ◽  
Adult Flea

On three occasions in late August 1985, during the course of a study of the arthropod community associated with collards (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) (Cruciferae) in central New York State, two species of predaceous Heteroptera, the spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris (Say), and Nabicula americolimbata (Carayon), were observed feeding on adult flea beetles of the genus Phyllotreta. Evidence for predation on adult flea beetles is rare. Tahvanainen and Root (1972) and Kareiva (1985) reported practically no predation on adult Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze) in central New York, but scattered observations in Canada have documented occasional attacks on adult crucifer-infesting flea beetles by various insect predators (Gerber and Osgood 1975; Burgess 1977, 1980, 1982). This is the first record of predation on adult flea beetles by P. muculiventris and N. americolimbata. Burgess (1982) noted predation on adult P. cruciferae by another nabid, Nabis alternatus Parshley.

NOTES ON SOME FLEAS OF NEW YORK STATE

1943 ◽  
Vol 75 (9) ◽  
pp. 177-177
Author(s):  
E. W. Jameson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Small Mammals ◽  
New York State ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Short List ◽  
York State ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Host Distribution ◽  
Central New York

During the course of field work with small mammals in central New York, the writer made a collection of fleas. Those records which give additional information on the host distribution of these parasites, are listed below. Some significant records from the Cornell University collection are also cited. This short list will serve to supplement the checklist of fleas for New York State of Stewart (1933, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 41:253-262). The availability of the Cornell collection was made through the kindness of Dr. Robert Matheson, and to him I tender my thanks.

Below-the-Watertable Archaeology at Lamoka Lake

1983 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Michael Gramly
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Middle Woodland ◽  
Late Archaic ◽  
York State ◽  
Animal Bones ◽  
Central New York ◽  
Lake Site

A trench excavated into the waterlogged fringe of the Lamoka Lake site in central New York state yielded cultural stratigraphic zones with abundant artifacts and food remains. A peaty layer resting upon Late Archaic beach or streamside deposits produced late Middle Woodland (Kipp Island phase) ceramics and stone implements. Discoveries of wood, fruit pits, and nuts in the same layer as well as rich congeries of animal bones indicate that the archaeological potential of the Lamoka Lake site is not exhausted.

Willow biomass trials in Central New York State

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.F. Kopp ◽  
E.H. White ◽  
L.P. Abrahamson ◽  
C.A. Nowak ◽  
L. Zsuffa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
York State ◽  
Central New York
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