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A NOTE ON THE EFFECT OF CERTAIN FOODS UPON FECUNDITY AND LONGEVITY IN MICROCRYPTUS BASIZONIUS GRAV. (HYMENOPTERA)*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

L. R. Finlayson  and
Thelma Green
L. R. Finlayson
Affiliation:
Dominion Parasite Laboratory, Belleville, Ontario
Thelma Green
Affiliation:
Dominion Parasite Laboratory, Belleville, Ontario
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In April, 1939, a trial was made of feeding the honey-sugar-agar mixture, formula 3, devised by Holloway (1939) for feeding adult parasitic insects. The test was made with the laboratory propagated Microcryptus basizonius Grav., a parasite of conifer-feeding sawflies. The routine food used in this work is seeded raisin, in addition to water, as reported by Green (1938). An initial investigation indicated that the parasites preferred the prepared food to raisin and that they devoured it avidly.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 72 , Issue 12 , December 1940 , pp. 236 - 238
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1940

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References

LITERATURE CITED

Holloway, J. K. 1939. An agar preparation for feeding adult parasite insects. Jour. Econ. Ent. 32: 154.Google Scholar
Green, T. U. 1938. A laboratory method for the propagation of Microcryptus basizonius Grav. 69th Ann. Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont. 32–34.Google Scholar