Oviposition Behavior ofNeodiprion merkeli(Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) in Two-Needle and Three-Needle Fascicles of Slash Pine
作者:
R. C. Wilkinson,
M. P. Popp,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 18,
issue 4
页码: 678-682
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1093/ee/18.4.678
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: Insecta;Neodiprion merkeli;oviposition;pines
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
The spatial arrangement of needle fascicles on slash pine shoots consisted of 21 fascicles in a spiral that turned around the shoot eight times before repeating itself. This cyclic unit was used to map the distribution of narrow, non-egg-bearing slits (“probes”) and egg-bearing pockets made by femaleNeodiprion merkeliRoss in the foliage of one large, heavily infested shoot. Females exhibited a strong apical response in reference to growth flushes on the shoot and a 5:1 preference for accepting the needles of two-needle rather than three-needle fascicles for oviposition. In 47 lightly infested shoots, the mean number of eggs laid per needle was 30% greater in needles from two-needle fascicles but increased with increasing needle width for two- and three-needle fascicles. The incidence of single probes unaccompanied by oviposition in the same needle was 28 times higher in needles from three than two-needle fascicles, a difference attributed to the relatively narrow flat-side width of needles available for oviposition in some three-needle fascicles.
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