Host locating behaviour of Leschenaultia exul and Patelloa pachypyga: two tachinid parasitoids of the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria |
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| Authors: | Edward B. Mondor Jens Roland |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9;(2) Present address: Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5A 1S6;(3) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9 |
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| Abstract: | Leschenaultia exul (Townsend) and Patelloa pachypyga (Aldrich & Webber) (Diptera: Tachinidae) are the principal larval parasitoids of the forest tent caterpillar (FTC) Malacosoma disstria (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in Canada. The response of these two fly species to M. disstria differs depending on the tree species on which the host feeds. In wind tunnel experiments, L. exul spent more time on the side of the tunnel containing volatiles from FTC frass and was attracted to the FTC-aspen poplar (Populus tremuloides Michx.) complex preferentially to the FTC-balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.) complex. Field bioassays confirmed that this fly species was preferentially attracted to the herbivore-aspen poplar complex as compared to the herbivore-balsam poplar complex. In field bioassays, P. pachypyga was also attracted preferentially to aspen poplar trees containing FTC larvae, compared to balsam poplar trees with host larvae. |
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| Keywords: | Diptera parasitoid Leschenaultia exul Patelloa pachypyga forest tent caterpillar Malacosoma disstria host searching |
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