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A Note on the Longevity and Behaviour of Adult Golden Buprestids, Buprestis aurulenta L. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Under Artificial Conditions1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. N. Smith
D. N. Smith
Affiliation:
Forest Entomology and Pathology Laboratory, Victoria, British Columbia
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This note is on the longevity and behaviour of Buprestis aurulenta L. adults maintained in the laboratory after emergence from prolonged development in structural wood. An opportunity to obtain such information arose when adults began to emerge inside a large log house near Victoria. The house was built of logs cut on the site in 1946-7. Adults first began to emerge in 1956.

The adult life span of forest buprestids appears obscure. Burke (1918) knew of no species that overwintered as adults. Pinned specimens of many species may be noted with dates from spring to fall, but nobody seems to have established whether these records represent continuing emergences, or persistence of earlier emergents. The latter is strongly suggested because some Buprestis species are known to overwinter as adults in pupal cells, while other species overwinter as pupae and become adults in the spring (Burke, 1909). All these adults emerge early in the following season (Burke, 1918).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 94 , Issue 6 , June 1962 , pp. 672
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1962

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Burke, H. E. 1909. Injuries to forest trees by flat-headed borers. In U.S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook. 1909. p. 410.Google Scholar
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