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HEAT TOLERANCE OF LAST-INSTAR LARVAE OF THE LARCH SAWFLY, PRISTIPHORA ERICHSONII (HYMENOPTERA: TENTHREDINIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. J. Heron
R. J. Heron
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Abstract

Laboratory tests of heat tolerance of last-instar larvae of the larch sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii (Htg.), were made to provide information for the evaluation of the role of high temperature as a mortality factor in field populations.

Test larvae were reared from eggs at 21 ± 1.5 °C and 50 ± 10% relative humidity. LT50's were determined at 37°, 39°, 40°, and 41 °C for larvae conditioned at 30 °C and 75% relative humidity.

Larvae were less heat resistant during the first 24 hours after molting than they were 24 to 48 hours after molting. The conditioning temperature and the duration of conditioning had very significant effects on heat tolerance. Differences in acclimation due to heat treatment could not be accounted for by differences in free water content.

Temperature acclimation will occur in field populations and must be considered in evaluating the role of high temperature as a natural mortality factor.

Larvae may encounter lethal temperatures when wandering on branches or tree trunks or crawling on dry ground in open sunshine.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 11 , November 1967 , pp. 1150 - 1156
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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