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ARTIFICIAL DIETS FOR THE ADULT PARASITOID ITOPLECTIS CONQUISITOR (HYMENOPTERA: ICHNEUMONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. L. House
H. L. House
Affiliation:
Smithfield Experimental Farm, Agriculture Canada, Trenton, Ontario K8V 5R5
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Abstract

Two artificial diets — one liquid, the other candied — developed for adult Itoplectis conquisitor, an ichneumonid parasitoid, proved equal in performance for fecundity to a natural food regimen involving blood of host pupa, Galleria mellonella. Feeding on the liquid diet resulted in a parasitoid emergence rate from host pupae of 42.9 ± 8.6%; on the candy diet, 52.2 ± 15.8%; and on the natural regimen, 54.4 ± 4.0%. Therefore, host material was not needed to feed the adults. Other advantages of these artificial diets include convenience, economy, efficacy, and manageability for proper insect husbandry.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 112 , Issue 3 , 01 March 1980 , pp. 315 - 320
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1980

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