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Parasitism of overwintering pupae of cabbage root fly, Delia radicum (L.) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in England and Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

S. Finch  and
Rosemary H. Collier
S. Finch
Affiliation:
National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick, CV35 9EF, UK
Rosemary H. Collier
Affiliation:
National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick, CV35 9EF, UK
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Abstract

In populations of overwintering pupae of Delia radicum (L.) collected from ten sites in England and Wales, parasitism varied from 0% at Newcastle to 42% at Evesham. Unlike their hosts, few of the parasites were in extended diapause. Irrespective of when collected at Wellesbourne, emergence of 50% of the ichneumonid parasite Phygadeuon trichops Thoms., the eucoilid parasite Trybliographa rapae (Westw.) and the staphylinid parasite Aleochara bilineata Gylh. occurred after 14, 21 and 28 days, respectively, at 20°C. Early-emerging populations of D. radicum were more heavily parasitised than intermediate- or late-emerging populations. During the winters of 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82, T. rapae and A. bilineata emerged in similar numbers from 37% of the field-collected pupae from Wellesbourne. Less than 1% of the pupae were parasitised by P. trichops. D. radicum adults emerged from a further 25% of the pupae, and the remainder, approximately 38%, were dead. Most dead pupae were recovered from heavily parasitised populations. When parasites were present in high numbers, many of their progeny probably died from multiple parasitism and superparasitism. Comparison with earlier studies indicated that parasitism should be expressed as a percentage of the total pupae, and not just as a percentage of the living insects, if the data are subsequently to be of use for studies on the population dynamics of this pest.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 79 - 86
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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