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Laboratory Rearing Techniques for the Southern Corn Rootworm12

An artificial diet was developed for the adult stage of Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber and was used to sustain a laboratory colony for over a year. Black aquarium gravel was found to be a practical oviposition substrate for use in conjunction with rearing larvae on artificial diet. Eggs could be readily removed from this medium with sieves and surface-sterilized with sodium hypochlorite. Over 40% of the newly hatched larvae placed on the artificial diet used for the larval stage successfully completed larval development in 20 to 21 days, Larval cannibalism occurred, and over ⅓ of the larvae placed on the diet were eaten by other larvae. Following completion of immature development, larvae were transferred to a mixture of dampened vermiculite and sand for pupation, Slightly over 60% of the larvae placed on this substrate emerged as adults in 16 to 24 days. With the diets and techniques described, about 25% of the 1st-stage larvae survived to become adults. Approximately 59 days were required for completion of a generation.

The Cannibalism of Pupae by Adult Flour Beetles

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Cannibalism of Pupae by Adult Flour BeetlesThomas Park, David B. Mertz, and Michael NathansonThomas Park Search for more articles by this author , David B. Mertz Search for more articles by this author , and Michael Nathanson Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 41, Number 2Apr., 1968 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/physzool.41.2.30155454 Views: 13Total views on this site Citations: 21Citations are reported from Crossref Journal History This article was published in Physiological Zoology (1928-1998), which is continued by Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (1999-present). Copyright 1968 University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Asaf Sadeh, Tobin D. Northfield, Jay A. 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