Flight initiation in the egg parasitoid Trichogramma minutum: Effects of ambient temperature, mates, food, and host eggs |
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Authors: | E Forsse S M Smith and R S Bourchier |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, M5S 3B3 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | Emergence, preening, and flight initiation were studied in laboratory-reared Trichogramma minutum Riley (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Male parasitoids emerged first and flew before females. When both sexes were present in flight cylinders, female parasitoids flew before males. Flight propensity in males was negatively related to the number of emerging females, while flight propensity in females was independent of the number of males present. Ambient temperature significantly affected the propensity and timing of flight; between 70–80% of the parasitoids flew at 25 and 30 °C while less than 4%, mostly males, flew at 20 °C. No flights were observed at 15 °C. The presence of fresh host eggs caused a reduction in the proportion of female parasitoids that flew and a delay in the time to flight for the females that did fly. The presence of food increased the flight propensity of female parasitoids, but did not affect the timing of flight. The relationship between flight behaviour and the efficiency of mass-reared Trichogramma is discussed in terms of its importance for inundative release programmes. |
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Keywords: | Flight emergence egg parasitoid Trichogramma minutum |
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