甲维盐对斜纹夜蛾幼虫肠道细菌的影响

【目的】斜纹夜蛾幼虫属杂食性、高食量的害虫,通过分子生物学手段对经甲维盐处理后的斜纹夜蛾幼虫肠道微生物进行比对,研究肠道共生菌群受毒剂刺激后的代谢变化,探讨菌株的自身代谢与甲维盐的作用受体的相关性。【方法】基于Illumina MiSeq技术测序平台,对取食甲维盐和未取食甲维盐的斜纹夜蛾幼虫中肠细菌的16S rRNA可变区进行高通量测序,分析对比细菌群落结构多样性。【结果】肠杆菌属、根瘤菌属在斜纹夜蛾的肠道中占优势地位,经过甲维盐处理后两者的丰度大幅下降。沙雷氏菌属和黄单胞杆菌属在处理后减少到几乎为零,相反,原先不占据优势的棒状杆菌属和甲醇杆菌属,处理后丰度明显上升。【结论】甲维盐处理后的优势菌群以及丰富度均发生变化,表明斜纹夜蛾的肠道菌群结构可能与甲维盐毒理机制有关。     

中黑盲蝽对小地老虎和甜菜夜蛾的捕食作用

中黑盲蝽Adelphocoris suturalis(Jakovlev)具有植食性和肉食性,但对其肉食性缺乏研究。作者在室内环境下研究了中黑盲蝽对小地老虎Agrotis ipsilon(Hufnagel)、甜菜夜蛾Spodoptera exigua(Hübner)卵和初孵幼虫的捕食作用。研究显示:(1)中黑盲蝽的捕食量随猎物密度的增加而上升,捕食功能反应符合HollingⅡ型方程;(2)捕食量随着若虫龄期的增加而增加,高龄若虫、雌性成虫与雄性成虫之间的捕食量没有明显差异,但均显著高于2龄若虫。雌成虫对小地老虎卵及初孵幼虫、甜菜夜蛾卵及初孵幼虫的最大日捕食量分别为38.60粒和6.80头、56.62粒和5.80头,表明中黑盲蝽对小地老虎和甜菜夜蛾卵和初孵幼虫具有较强的捕食能力。     

金龟子绿僵菌对斜纹夜蛾幼虫的生防效果、抗氧化酶活性和肠道细菌群落的影响

【目的】测定金龟子绿僵菌(Metarhizium anisopliae)对斜纹夜蛾(Spodoptera litura) 2龄幼虫的毒力,研究金龟子绿僵菌侵染后寄主体内抗氧化酶活性和肠道内细菌群落的变化,探讨斜纹夜蛾对金龟子绿僵菌侵染的防御机制。【方法】采用浸渍法测定不同浓度金龟子绿僵菌对斜纹夜蛾2龄幼虫的毒力;应用IlluminaMiSeq高通量测序技术测定肠道细菌群落。【结果】不同浓度的孢悬液对斜纹夜蛾2龄幼虫均有一定的毒力,处理7 d时半致死浓度(LC_(50))为3.944 107个孢子/mL;浓度为1.0×10~9个孢子/mL时,半致死时间最短(LT_(50))为4.6 d,校正后的死亡率为81.03%。处理后未致死的斜纹夜蛾幼虫体内抗氧化酶活性显著高于对照组。处理后致死的斜纹夜蛾幼虫肠道细菌群落多样性显著高于对照组;且处理后致死的斜纹夜蛾幼虫肠道细菌群落组成与对照组差异显著。【结论】金龟子绿僵菌对斜纹夜蛾幼虫的致死率和致死效率与金龟子绿僵菌的浓度呈正相关;斜纹夜蛾幼虫体内的抗氧化酶可能在抵抗金龟子绿僵菌侵染的过程中起重要作用。金龟子绿僵菌的侵染会导致斜纹夜蛾幼虫肠道细菌群落多样性升高和组成发生变化,Enterococcus、Escherichia和Pseudomonas等属可能是影响斜纹夜蛾幼虫抵抗金龟子绿僵菌侵染致死的重要因素。     

Cry2Ab蛋白对甜菜夜蛾和斜纹夜蛾低龄幼虫的抗性

【背景】在我国,由于Bt棉的种植,棉铃虫和红铃虫等靶标害虫得到了控制,但棉田其他鳞翅目害虫如甜菜夜蛾和斜纹夜蛾的危害仍较严重。美国商业化种植的双价棉BollgardⅡ所表达的Cry2Ab蛋白不仅对棉铃虫有较好的控制效果,而且对甜菜夜蛾和草地贪夜蛾有较好的控制作用。因此,该双价棉在我国被环境释放前,有必要研究其对棉田其他鳞翅目害虫的影响。【方法】在人工饲料中分别添加质量浓度为1．25、2．5、5．0、10．0和20．0μg·g^-1的Cry2Ab蛋白,采用生物测定的方法,在室内研究了其对甜菜夜蛾和斜纹夜蛾低龄幼虫存活率和体质量抑制率的影响。【结果】随着Cry2Ab蛋白浓度的增大,甜菜夜蛾初孵幼虫和1龄幼虫的存活率逐渐降低,2龄幼虫和3龄幼虫以及斜纹夜蛾各龄期幼虫的存活率在不同浓度处理下与对照差异均不显著。但与对照相比,高浓度处理对这2种害虫各龄期幼虫的体质量均有显著影响。【结论与意义】高浓度Cry2Ab蛋白（10．0和20．0μg·g^-1）对甜菜夜蛾低龄幼虫有较好的控制作用,但对斜纹夜蛾低龄幼虫的控制效果不太理想。这为该双价基因棉花在我国的推广提供了依据。     

斜纹夜蛾发育起点温度和有效积温的研究

斜纹夜蛾Prodenialitura（Fabricius）属鳞翅目夜蛾科,是一种食性很杂的害虫,常间歇性大暴发。为给预测预报提供依据,更有效地防治斜纹夜蛾,作者对该虫发育起点温度和有效积温进行了研究。1材料与方法从烟田采回6龄幼虫放人养虫盆中,用新鲜烟叶饲养。羽化后,将成虫雌雄（1：1）配对移人产卵笼内,产卵笼内备有清洁的盆栽烟株,以收集经交配后所产的受精卵粒。1．1饲养方法：卵孵化后,挑取初孵幼虫单头饲养在备有烟叶的罐头瓶中,然后放人人工气候箱内恒温培养,24小时全光照,相对湿度控制在70％～80％,测试温度分别为18、21、24、…     

虫酰肼和甲维盐对甜玉米草地贪夜蛾的生物活性及田间防效

为了研究虫酰肼和甲氨基阿维菌素苯甲酸盐(甲维盐)对新入侵我国的草地贪夜蛾毒杀活性并为田间应用提供依据,采用浸叶法进行了室内毒力测定,采用喷雾法进行盆栽试验和田间小区试验。毒力测定表明虫酰肼对草地贪夜蛾2龄、3龄幼虫48 h LC_(50)分别为0.30 mg/L和0.26 mg/L,甲维盐对草地贪夜蛾2龄、3龄幼虫48 h LC_(50)分别为0.005 mg/L和0.002 mg/L,其LC_(50)活性是虫酰肼的60～128倍。盆栽试验表明,20%虫酰肼SC在20 mg/L、5%甲维盐ME 1mg/L喷雾处理后7 d后防效均为100%,在甜玉米田间小区试验最高防效均可达到90%以上。本研究结果表明,虫酰肼可推荐用于草地贪夜蛾的防治并可与甲维盐轮换使用或复配使用。     

莱氏绿僵菌FJMR2对草地贪夜蛾不同虫态的致病性研究

【目的】为明确莱氏绿僵菌Metarhizium rileyi FJMR2对草地贪夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda的生物防治潜力。【方法】在室内条件下,采用浸渍法测定了莱氏绿僵菌FJMR2对草地贪夜蛾卵、幼虫和蛹的致病性。【结果】当孢子浓度为2×10⁸孢子/m L时,草地贪夜蛾1-5龄幼虫和蛹的校正死亡率分别为100%、95.78%、87.15%、64.67%、38.00%和93.93%;草地贪夜蛾1-5龄幼虫和蛹的LC_(50)分别为3.12×108孢子/m L时,草地贪夜蛾1-5龄幼虫和蛹的校正死亡率分别为100%、95.78%、87.15%、64.67%、38.00%和93.93%;草地贪夜蛾1-5龄幼虫和蛹的LC_(50)分别为3.12×10⁴、7.94×104、7.94×10⁴、2.24×104、2.24×10⁶、2.13×106、2.13×10⁷、7.46×107、7.46×10⁸和1.25×108和1.25×10⁵孢子/m L。LT_(50)随孢子浓度的增大而缩短、随幼虫虫龄的增长而延长,当孢子浓度为2×105孢子/m L。LT_(50)随孢子浓度的增大而缩短、随幼虫虫龄的增长而延长,当孢子浓度为2×10⁸孢子/m L时,草地贪夜蛾1-5龄幼虫和蛹的LT_(50)分别为3.93、4.32、5.62、7.18、9.40和4.45 d。卵期为0 h和24 h的草地贪夜蛾卵经莱氏绿僵菌FJMR2浸渍处理后,孵化率分别为84.53%和89.77%,初孵化3 d的幼虫存活率分别为1.81%和3.02%,均显著低于对照组。【结论】莱氏绿僵菌FJMR2对草地贪夜蛾1-4龄幼虫和蛹具有较强侵染致病能力,同时显著降低卵的孵化率和初孵幼虫存活率。     

斜纹夜蛾线粒体复合物ⅢFe-S蛋白基因克隆、序列分析及在不同发育阶段的表达特征

Fe-S蛋白(rieske iron-sulfur protein, RISP)是线粒体复合物Ⅲ的关键蛋白亚基之一, 在呼吸链电子传递中起着重要作用。本文利用RT-PCR技术和RACE方法获得了斜纹夜蛾Spodoptera litura (Fab.)线粒体复合物ⅢRISP基因, 该基因序列全长4 413 bp, 含有3个内含子; 开放阅读框长816 bp, 编码271个氨基酸。经氨基酸序列比对, 与鳞翅目家蚕Bombyx mori和小菜蛾Plutella xylostella的Fe-S蛋白一致性较高, 分别为83%和79%, 与其他目昆虫的RISP一致性较低。qRT-PCR分析结果表明, SlitRISP基因在斜纹夜蛾不同发育阶段的表达水平存在显著差异, 即幼虫期和成虫期的表达量显著高于卵期和蛹期, 其中幼虫期又以第4和5龄幼虫表达水平显著高于初孵幼虫以及第1, 2, 3和6龄幼虫。斜纹夜蛾SlitRISP基因的克隆成功为今后对其功能研究以及作为靶标设计新型高效杀虫剂提供了基础。     

室内测定6种化学杀虫剂对草地贪夜蛾幼虫的毒力

2019年草地贪夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda入侵我国多个省份和地区,对我国农业生产造成重大影响。化学防治是应对入侵害虫的主要措施,因此,本研究测定了6种不同作用机制杀虫剂对草地贪夜蛾初孵和3龄幼虫的生物活性。结果表明,对初孵幼虫具有较高毒力作用的为氯虫苯甲酰胺、多杀菌素、茚虫威、阿维菌素和甲氧虫酰肼;对3龄幼虫具有较高毒力作用的为氯虫苯甲酰胺、多杀菌素和茚虫威;与初孵幼虫相比,阿维菌素、茚虫威、多杀菌素和甲氧虫酰肼的LC 50分别提高了78.06、1.70、11.73和23.09倍。本研究筛选出了对草地贪夜蛾初孵幼虫和3龄幼虫杀虫效果较好的药剂,证明了低龄幼虫对部分农药抵抗力较弱,而3龄后的幼虫抵抗力显著增加,为田间草地贪夜蛾的化学防治提供了科学的用药指导。     

复方苦参植物素水剂对十字花科蔬菜几种害虫的活性及田间防效

室内毒力测定结果表明,复方苦参植物素对菜蚜(若蚜)、菜青虫有很高的毒力,LC50分别为1．02mg／L和1．37mg／L,对斜纹夜蛾幼虫的毒力较低,LC50为11．65mg／L。复方苦参植物素不杀斜纹夜蛾的卵,不影响卵的孵化率,但对初孵幼虫有较好的杀伤效果。斜纹夜蛾幼虫随着虫龄的增大,对复方苦参植物素的敏感性下降。复方苦参植物素100mg／L,斜纹夜蛾幼虫非选择性和选择性拒食作用分别为96．86％和78．97％,作用方式以触杀作用为主,胃毒作用为辅。田间试验表明,复方苦参植物素200～300倍,对菜青虫和菜蚜的防效在90％左右,持效期10d。     

Effect of a nuclepolyhedrovirus of Autographa californica expressing the enhancin gene of Trichoplusia ni granulovirus on T. ni larvae

A recombinant Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) strain showing higher virulence against Trichoplusia ni larvae than the wild-type virus was developed. The 'enhancin' (VEF) gene of T. ni granulovirus (TnGV) and the AcMNPV polyhedrin gene were cloned into the baculovirus transfer vector pAcUW31. This plasmid and AcMNPV BacPAK6 DNA were co-transfected into the BTI-Tn5B1-4 cell line. A recombinant AcMNPV strain (BacVEFPol) was purified, amplified, and bioassayed against T. ni first instar larvae. Its estimated LC₅₀ (0.184 OB/mm²) was 2.18 times lower than the LC₅₀ estimated for the wild-type AcMNPV (0.402 OB/mm²). Likewise, an LT₅₀ of 67.7 h was estimated for the recombinant AcMNPV strain while the LT₅₀ of wild-type AcMNPV was estimated at 81.9 h. This indicates a 17.4% reduction of the time required to kill the larvae. The higher virulence of the recombinant strain, evidenced by its LC₅₀ and LT₅₀ values being lower than those of the wild-type strain, indicates that the VEF protein is expressed properly and may be occluded in the OBs.     

Mediated pathogenicity of the baculovirus AcMNPV by the venom from Euplectrus comstockii Howard (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

The compatibility of the venom from the parasitic species Euplectrus comstockii Howard (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) with the pathogenicity of Autographa californica (Speyer) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) MNPV baculovirus (AcMNPV) was tested in third and fourth instar larvae of Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The presence of AcMNPV did not alter the ability of the venom to arrest ecdysis in T. ni larvae. The presence of the venom delayed the rate of viruses by AcMNPV but increased the total mortality rates from days 9 to 14 in both third and fourth instar T. ni larvae. The delay in viruses was minimized by administering the virus prior to envenomation. In the presence of the venom, the final LD50 values were lower for fourth instar larvae than for third instar larvae. Surface response equations were developed to visualize the effect of the venom on the viruses caused by AcMNPV.     

除草剂胁迫对空心莲子草叶甲种群的影响及应对策略

为探讨除草剂胁迫对空心莲子草叶甲种群的影响,寻求合理施用除草剂,有效保护叶甲,提高其控草效果的应对策略,利用叶片残留法测试了在草甘膦、农达、水花生净与35%苄·丁可湿粉等除草剂胁迫下空心莲子草叶甲卵孵化率,幼虫、成虫存活率以及蛹羽化率。结果表明被测试的4种除草剂均不同程度地降低空心莲子草叶甲卵孵化率,幼虫与成虫存活率及蛹羽化率,特别是水花生净28.0、35.0 g/L两种浓度处理,35%苄·丁可湿粉4.0 g/L浓度处理显著降低卵孵化率;农达13.4 g/L浓度处理显著降低1龄前期幼虫存活率,农达40.1 g/L与 53.4 g/L两种浓度处理显著降低2龄前期幼虫存活率;水花生净28.0 g/L浓度处理显著降低3龄前期幼虫存活率;草甘膦97.6 g/L与 122.0 g/L浓度处理、农达26.7 g/L与66.8 g/L浓度处理、35%苄·丁可湿粉2.0 g/L浓度处理显著降低后期蛹的羽化率;35%苄·丁可湿粉1.0 g/L浓度处理显著降低羽化后3 d雌虫的存活率。除草剂除直接杀死空心莲子草叶甲,降低其种群数量外,使叶甲失去食物与避护所,快速地引起叶甲种群崩溃。建议合理施药,并在施药时,随机留若干小斑块不施药,保护叶甲,可望提高其田间控草效果。     

Greenhouse Evaluation of Dose– and Time–Mortality Relationships of Two Nucleopolyhedroviruses for the Control of Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, on Chrysanthemum

Dose– and time–mortality relationships of baculoviruses in pest insects are important for the determination of effective spraying regimes. A series of experiments with Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) and Spodoptera exigua MNPV (SeMNPV) against synchronized populations of S. exigua larvae in greenhouse chrysanthemum was conducted. Dose– and time–mortality relationships of different virus concentrations and S. exigua target stages were determined and the area foliage consumption was measured. Crop injury was greatly reduced when S. exigua were controlled as second or third instar larvae, whereas virus applications against fourth instar larvae could not prevent considerable crop injury, even at high concentrations. SeMNPV was approximately 10 times as infectious as AcMNPV when applied on greenhouse chrysanthemum. The relative virulence of AcMNPV and SeMNPV corresponded reasonably well with previously published laboratory bioassay data. SeMNPV killed second and fourth instar S. exigua larvae approximately 12 h faster than did AcMNPV in chrysanthemum, but no difference in speed of action was found for third instar larvae. The relative speed of action of AcMNPV and SeMNPV determined in chrysanthemum and in laboratory bioassays did not correspond for third instar S. exigua larvae; laboratory bioassay data can therefore not simply be extrapolated to the crop level.     

Characterization of two Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus proteins, Ac145 and Ac150, which affect oral infectivity in a host-dependent manner

The genome of the baculovirus Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) contains two homologues, orf145 and orf150, of the Heliothis armigera Entomopoxvirus (HaEPV) 11,000-kDa gene. Polyclonal antibodies raised against the Ac145 or Ac150 protein were utilized to demonstrate that they are expressed from late to very late times of infection and are within the nuclei of infected Sf-21 cells. Transmission electron microscopy coupled with immunogold labeling of Ac145 found this protein within the nucleus in areas of nucleocapsid assembly and maturation, along with some association with the enveloped bundles of virions within the developing occlusion bodies (OBs). Ac150 was found to be mainly associated with enveloped bundles of virions within OBs and also with those not yet occluded. Both Ac145 and Ac150 were found to be present in budded virus as well as OBs. Both orf145 and orf150 were deleted from the AcMNPV genome, singly or together, and these deletion mutants were assessed for oral infectivity both in Trichoplusia ni and Heliothis virescens larvae. Deletion of Ac145 led to a small but significant drop in infectivity (sixfold) compared to wild-type (wt) AcMNPV for T. ni but not for H. virescens. Deletion of Ac150 alone had no effect on infectivity of the virus for either host. However, deletion of both Ac145 and Ac150 gave a recombinant virus with a drastic (39-fold) reduction in infectivity compared to wt virus for H. virescens. Intrahemocoelic injection of budded virus from the double-deletion virus into H. virescens larvae is as infectious to this host as wt budded virus, indicating that Ac145 and Ac150 play a role in primary oral infection of AcMNPV, the extent of which is host dependent.     

Ovicidal effects of entomopathogenic fungal isolates on the invasive Fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Maize is a major staple food for over 300 million people in sub‐Saharan Africa. Sustainable productivity of this primary crop has been recently threatened by Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda invasion. Due to lack of environmentally safe management strategies, immediate responses by growers and governments to tackle FAW are based on rampant use of pesticides. Looking for efficient biopesticides, twenty entomopathogenic fungal isolates (14 Metarhizium anisopliae and 6 Beauveria bassiana) were screened for their efficacy against eggs and second instar larvae of FAW. A single discriminating concentration of 1 × 10⁸ conidia ml^?1 and four replicates per treatment were used in all experiments. Isolates were assessed for their ability to cause mortality of FAW second instar larvae, eggs and the neonate larvae that emerged from treated eggs. Among the isolates tested, only B. bassiana ICIPE 676 caused moderate mortality of 30% to second instar larvae. Metarhizium anisopliae ICIPE 78, ICIPE 40 and ICIPE 20 caused egg mortalities of 87.0%, 83.0% and 79.5%, respectively, and M. anisopliae ICIPE 41 and ICIPE 7 outperformed all the others by causing 96.5% and 93.7% mortality to the neonate larvae, respectively. The cumulated mortality of eggs and neonates was highest with M. anisopliae ICIPE 41 (97.5%), followed by M. anisopliae ICIPE 7, 655, 40, 20 and 78 with total mortality of 96.0%, 95.0%, 93.5%, 93.0% and 92.0%, respectively. These isolates with high cumulated mortality (≥92%), especially ICIPE 78 and 7, which are already commercialized for spider mites and ticks control respectively, would be good candidates for development as biopesticides for management of FAW in Africa if further evidence of their efficacy is obtained in the field.     

杠柳根皮乙醇提取液对蔬菜害虫小菜蛾的生物活性

采用95%乙醇对杠柳(Periploca sepium Bunge)根皮进行热提取,以叶片浸渍法和点滴法测定了提取液对小菜蛾(Plutella xylostella L.)的杀虫活性及其作用方式.结果显示,杠柳乙醇提取液稀释100倍处理对小菜蛾3龄和4龄幼虫24 h后的非选择性拒食率分别为87.3%和96.3%;100倍液浸叶饲喂处理对小菜蛾2龄幼虫72 h后的校正死亡率为80%,对小菜蛾3龄幼虫24 h和48 h后的生长抑制率为100%.杠柳乙醇提取液对小菜蛾幼虫具有较高的生物活性,其作用方式包括拒食作用、胃毒作用和生长抑制作用.此外,乙醇提取液对小菜蛾幼虫还有一定的触杀和内吸效应,并对小菜蛾成虫产卵有明显的忌避活性,但对小菜蛾卵没有杀伤作用.     

棉铃虫颗粒体病毒增效蛋白基因2.1kb片段在大肠杆菌中的表达

以棉铃虫颗粒体病毒(Helicoverpa armigera granulosis virus,简称HaGV)基因组DNA为模板,设计引物PCR扩增病毒增效蛋白(Enhancin)基因,然后经SacI/PstI双酶切消化,得到5′端截短的约2.1kb增效蛋白基因片段,再与pQE30质粒连接,构建了重组表达载体pQE/EnC,转化大肠杆菌M15(pREP4),在IPTG诱导下表达出分子量约为78×10³ D的融合蛋白并命名为P78,纯化的P78包涵体显示了明显的增效活性,可提高AcMNPV对小菜蛾幼虫的感染率27.88%～32.92%。     

Vertical transmission of TnSNPV,TnCPV, AcMNPV,and possibly recombinant NPV in Trichoplusia ni

Four viruses were tested for vertical transmission in Trichoplusia ni: T. ni nucleopolyhedrovirus (TnSNPV), T. ni cypovirus (TnCPV), Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV), and AcMNPV engineered to express a scorpion toxin (AcMNPV.AaIT). Fifth instars were exposed to each virus, the survivors were reared and mated, and second-generation (F(1)) insects were examined for infection. TnSNPV was transmitted to offspring at a prevalence rate of 15.4%, TnCPV at 10.2%, and AcMNPV at 10.1%. Only one of 2484 F(1) insects was infected with AcMNPV.AaIT; this experiment was repeated, and none of 4774 insects was infected. Thus, vertical transmission is unlikely to contribute to AcMNPV.AaIT contacting non-target organisms after its field release. There was evidence that TnCPV and possibly TnSNPV were activated to overt infections by ingestion of a different virus. TnCPV, but not the NPVs, routinely infected 0.3-1.7% of non-treated insects, probably indicating that it is vertically transmitted at enzootic levels.     

Necator americanus: temperature, pH, light, and larval development, longevity, and desiccation tolerance

The effect of incubation temperature and pH on the hatch rate of eggs of Necator americanus, and the desiccation tolerance of the resulting infective stage-3 larvae were investigated in the laboratory under controlled conditions. Hatching did not occur below 15 C and above 35 C. A 21% hatch rate was obtained at 15 C while a 10.6% hatch rate was obtained at 35 C. The highest hatch rate (93.7%) was obtained at 30 C. The optimum pH for hatching was 6.0, but the larvae did not reach the infective stage. Incubation temperature of the eggs affected the longevity and desiccation tolerance of resultant infective larvae. Larvae hatched at 30 C and maintained at 26 C under bright fluorescent light had a 50% survival time (S50) of 4 days. In the dark or shade, the S50 for larvae raised at 30 C was 5 weeks, while that of larvae hatched at 20 C was 7 weeks. Incubation temperature also affected the desiccation tolerance of larvae. Larvae developed at 20 C were more resistant to desiccation at various relative humidity values than larvae hatched at 30 C.