Abstract
The weights of individual adult apterous Myzus persicae (Sulzer), allowed to feed on a 20% sucrose solution or on a complex diet, were recorded daily, as were the number of larvae and total weight of the larvae deposited by each aphid. By adding to the weight of each adult aphid the weight of all the larvae it had deposited, a daily “cumulative weight” value was obtained. Ignoring slight variations in weight occurring during the first day of the experiment, on the diet, the mean cumulative weight increased during the test period (6 days), whereas the mean adult weight remained constant; on 20% sucrose the mean cumulative weight remained constant, whereas mean adult weight declined. Evidently assimilation occurred on the diet but not on sucrose during a period when larviposition on both treatments was in progress.
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