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Suppression of Oviposition Rate of Scambus buolianae (Htg.) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), in Fluctuating Electrical Fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. G. Maw
M. G. Maw
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute for Biological Control, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
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It was suspected for many years that the electrical environment stimulates insect activity. Schùa (1952) found that alternating potentials caused guard bees to become hostile and foragers to increase their activity and food uptake. Levengood and Shinkle (1960) reported that the progeny yields of cultures of Drosophila melanogaster Meig. in an electric field were, on the average, higher than control groups and the effect of barometric pressure was considerably reduced. The present study was made to determine whether electrostatic fields of low intensity affected the oviposition rate of a hymenopterous parasite.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 93 , Issue 7 , July 1961 , pp. 602 - 604
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1961

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